quake
意味
- (衝突・地震などで)〈物が〉揺れる,震動する(shake)
- (寒気・憎しみ・恐怖などで)〈人が〉震える,身震いする
- 揺れ,震動
- 地震(earthquake)
例文
At the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, all the reactors stopped just after the quake.
福島第一原子力発電所では、地震直後にすべての原子炉が停止した。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).