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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shaking
 搖動,揮動

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shake, v. t. [imp. Shook p. p. Shaken (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.]
 1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
    As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.   --Rev. vi. 13.
 Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
 That shake heaven's basis.   --Milton.
 2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
    When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.   --Atterbury.
 Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
 Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced.   --Milton.
 3. Mus. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
 4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
    Shake off the golden slumber of repose.   --Shak.
 'Tis our fast intent
 To shake all cares and business from our age.   --Shak.
    I could scarcely shake him out of my company.   --Bunyan.
 To shake a cask Naut., to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
 To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
 To shake out a reef Naut., to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.
 To shake the bells. See under Bell.
 To shake the sails Naut., to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shaking
      adj : vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or
            cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a
            quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more";
            "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking
            knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light
            from the shivering crystals of the chandelier";
            "trembling hands" [syn: quaking, quivering, shaky,
             shivering, trembling]
      n 1: the act of causing something to move up and down (or back
           and forth) with quick movements
      2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
         pipe" [syn: shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering,
          vibration, palpitation]