72 SHAKE: 搖，晃；顫抖；握（手）

72 SHAKE: 搖，晃；顫抖；握（手）

詞組講解

1. shake （hands） on sth. ** 握手（表示同意）

解 習語；詞義溯源：關于某事握手

例 You promised to sell me your car. We shook hands on it! I won't let you break your promise, Tom.

2. shake hands with sb. / shake hands ** 握手（表示問候）

解 習語；詞義溯源：握某人的手

例 For a fraction of a second, the two former enemies hesitated to shake hands.

3. shake 〔quack〕 in one's boots ** 因為害怕而戰(zhàn)栗

解 習語；詞義溯源：在［靴子（boots）］［中（in）］顫抖

例 The old house was known to be haunted, so we were all shaking in our boots as we opened the door and cautiously entered.

4. shake sb. or sth. down / shake down sb. or sth. *** 敲詐；搖晃（容器）使（細粒）排列緊密；（車、船、飛機等）試運行

解 〈口〉短語動詞；詞義溯源：搖晃某人或某物使其［向下（down）］

例 Gangs shake down local merchants for so-called “insurance money.”

The box is filled to capacity, and then we shake its contents down and fill it once more.

There will be a one-month test period to shake down the operation and fix any flaws or inefficiencies before we actually start business.

5. shake sb. or sth. off *** 抖落；擺脫，掙脫

解 〈口〉短語動詞；詞義溯源：搖［掉（off）］某人或某物

例 My little brother used to follow me everywhere and nothing I did could shake him off.

Once inside, took off my coat and shook off the snow.

I managed to shake off my fear and entered the dark cave.

6. shake sb. or sth. up / shake up sb. or sth. *** 搖勻；搖醒，使振作精神；使感到震撼

解 〈俚〉短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某人或某物［徹底地、向上（up）］搖

例 Be sure to shake the can up before you start spraying.

Reports of the mass murder has shaken this small town up.

參考譯文

1. 你答應把汽車賣給我的。我們說好了！我不會讓你違背約定的，湯姆。

2. 轉瞬間，原本是對手的兩位猶豫著握了手。

3. 傳說那棟老房子鬧鬼，所以當我們打開門，小心地往里走時，兩腿直哆嗦。

4. 幫派勒索當地商人交所謂的“保護費”。

盒子裝得滿滿的，我們把里面的東西搖下去，又裝了一點進去。

屆時將會有一個月的測試期，進行運行檢驗，修正所有有缺陷或效率低的部分后才真正開始運行。

5. 我弟弟以前經常跟著我到處走，我怎么也沒法擺脫他。

我一進來就脫掉外套，抖落身上的雪。

我成功擺脫了恐懼，進入那個黑暗的山洞。

6. 在噴霧之前，一定要把罐里的東西搖勻。

有關大規(guī)模謀殺的報告讓這座小鎮(zhèn)的人們震驚。