shake
/ʃeɪk/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> shake
shake /ʃeÇk/ v (pt shook /ʃƱk/; pp shaken /'ʃeÇ-kǝn/)
၁။ (က) ခါသည်။ လှုပ်သည်။ ယမ်းသည်။ The whole building shakes when a train goes past. ❍ Shake the bottle well before pouring. ❍ He took her by the shoulders and shook her violently. ❍ Great sobs shook her whole body. ❍ The bumpy car ride shook us around a bit. ❍ A screw has shaken loose in the machine. ❍ He gently shook the children awake. (ခ) ခါသည်။ လှုပ်သည်။ shake salt onto one's food ❍ shake sand out of one's shoes ❍ shake the apples down from the tree. (ဂ) ~ (with sth) တုန်သည်။ ခါသည်။ shaking with cold/laughter/fear/rage ❍ He was clearly terrified and shaking like a leaf. ❍ We laughed until our sides shook.
၂။ (က) ~ sb (up) (not used in the continuous tenses) တုန်လှုပ်သည်။ ချောက်ချားသည်။ be shaken by the news of sb's death ❍ They were badly shaken (up) in the accident. (ခ) ကိုင်လှုပ်သည်။ နှဲ့သည်။ shake sb's faith/confidence/belief ❍ Her theory has been shaken by this new evidence.
၃။ ~ (with sth) တုန်သည်။ His voice shook (with emotion) as he announced the news.
n
၁။ [C usu sing ] လှုပ်ခြင်း။ ခါခြင်း။ ယမ်းခြင်း။ တုန်ခြင်း။ a shake of the head ❍ Give the jar a good shake.
၂။ the shakes [sing v ] (infml ) ကတုန်ကယင်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ တုန်ရိုက်ခြင်း။ get the shakes.
၃။ [C] = MILK SHAKE
❏ in two/ a couple of shakes [IDM ] (infml ) ခုပဲ။ ခဏ လေး။ Hang on! I'll be ready in two shakes!
❏ shake a leg [IDM ] (dated infml ) (esp imperative) မြန်မြန်ဟေ့။ Come on, shake a leg, we're late already.
❏ shake down [PHRV ] အထိုင်ကျသည်။ အသားကျသည်။ The new office staff are shaking down well.
❏ shake sb/sth down [PHRV ] (US infml ) ]
၁။ စေ့စေ့ စပ်စပ်ရှာသည်။ The police shook the club down, looking for narcotics.
၂။ ငွေညှစ်သည်။ See also SHAKEDOWN
❏ shake one's fist (at sb) [IDM ] လက်သီးပြသည်။
❏ shake sb's hand ; shake hands (with sb) ; shake sb by the hand [IDM ] လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက်သည်။ They shook hands on the deal.
❏ shake one's head [IDM ] ခေါင်းခါသည်။
❏ shake in one's shoes [IDM ] (infml ) ကြောက်ဒူးတုန် သည်။ He was shaking in his shoes at the thought of facing his boss.
❏ shake sb off [PHRV ] ရုန်းထွက်သည်။ ခါထုတ်သည်။ shake off one's pursuers ❍ She tried to shake him off but he continued to pester her.
❏ shake sth off [PHRV ] ပယ်ရှားသည်။ နှင်သည်။ The company has shaken off its rather old-fashioned image. ❍ I can't seem to shake off this cold.
❏ shake on sth [PHRV ] သဘောတူ အတည်ပြုသည့်အနေ ဖြင့် လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက်သည်။ They shook on the deal. ❍ Let's shake on it.
❏ shake sth out [PHRV ] ခါသည်။ shake out a newspaper/tablecloth/duster.
❏ shaker n
၁။ (often in compounds) ထည့်၍လှုပ်ခါ မွှေနှောက်ရန် ဘူးစသည်။ a cocktail shaker ❍ a salt shaker.
၂။ Shaker အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စုရှိ ရိုးရိုးနေထိုင် ကျင့်ကြံ ကြသော ဗြဟ္မစာရီဘာသာရေး အသင်းဝင်။
❏ shake sb up [PHRV ] လှုပ်နှိုးသည်။ We've got to shake up all these people with old-fashioned ideas.
❏ shake sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ နာနာလှုပ်သည်။ Shake up the salad-dressing before you put it on.
၂။ လှန်လှောပစ်သည်။ The company needs shaking up.
❏ shake-up (also shake-out ) n လှန်လှောပစ်ခြင်း။ The only thing that will save the company is a radical shake-up of the way it is run.
❏ shaking n [sing] (နာနာ)လှုပ်ခြင်း။ give sth a good shaking (ie shake it well).
- Houses shook as a bomb exploded in the neighbourhood.
- [shake with fear/laughter etc] : She was literally shaking with fear.
- An earthquake shook a wide area of southern Italy last year.
- Shake the dressing well before you put it on the salad.
- ‘You’re not listening!’ she cried, shaking him.
- She couldn’t shake her fear of snakes.
- His voice shook as he asked her to marry him.
- The news shook financial markets worldwide.
- Violent conflicts between tribes have shaken the region.
- The boy’s tragic death shook the entire community.
- He was shaken and upset by the accident.
- They ran into the alley, hoping to shake off their pursuers.
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