单词详解

1. vt.

A. 摇动，使摇晃 (move back and forth or sideways)

The earthquake rocked the houses. 地震震动房屋。

The mother rocked the cradle gently to make the baby sleep.

母亲轻轻的摇动着摇篮让婴儿入睡。

B. 使震惊 （to shock）

The news of the president’s death rocked the nation. 总统过世的消息震惊了全国。

2. vi.

A.     摇，摆动，振动 (cause to move back and forth)

B.      The trees rocked in the wind. 树在风中摇曳。

My grandpa rocked back and forth in his rocking chair. 我爷爷坐在摇椅里前后摇晃着。

The ship was rocking and made the travelers feel very sick. 

船在摇晃着，使游客感到想呕吐。

B. 奏摇滚乐，跳摇滚舞

The young man would like to rock with the music. 年轻人喜欢伴着音乐跳摇滚。

3. n. [U]

A. 摇动 (pitching dangerously to one side)

The big rock on the earth woke them up. 地面的剧烈震动惊醒了他们。

B. 摇滚舞，摇滚乐 (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western)

Paul likes playing very loud rock. 保罗喜欢播放很响的摇滚乐。

The 1970s were best known for rock music. 20世纪70年代以摇滚乐而闻名。

C. [C][U]岩，岩石，磐石(material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’s crust)

His will remains as firm as a rock. 他的意志仍坚如磐石。

The ship struck on a rock and sank. 船触礁沉没。

The deer is standing on the edge of the rock. 那只鹿正站在岩石的边缘。

D. [C]【美】【口】石块，石子( a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

People threw rocks on him. 人们向他扔石子。

相关单词

过去式：rocked

过去分词：rocked

现在分词：rocking

第三人称单数：rocks