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(xí)語；詞義溯源：關(guān)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(xí)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(xí)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(yīng)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(zhuǎn)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(dāng)我們打開門，小心地往里走時，兩腿直哆嗦。

4. 幫派勒索當(dāng)?shù)厣倘私凰^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(jīng)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(guān)大規(guī)模謀殺的報告讓這座小鎮(zhèn)的人們震驚。