英语释义

1. to move back and forth in or as if in a cradle

2. to cause to sway back and forth
a boat rocked by the waves

3. to cause to shake violently

4. to daze with or as if with a vigorous blow
a hard right rocked the contender

5. to astonish or disturb greatly
the scandal rocked the community

6. to rouse to excitement (as by performing rock music)
rocked the crowd

7. to wear, display, or feature (something striking, distinctive, or attractive)
Carly Patterson is rocking a tight yellow T-shirt with jeans and high wooden sandals, belting her lyrics into a microphone.
— Kate Hairopolous In the picture he's rocking a beard, a pair of shades and a striped t-shirt.
— Sam Haysom

8. to become moved backward and forward under often violent impact also to move gently back and forth

9. to move forward at a steady pace also to move forward at a high speed
the train rocked through the countryside

10. to sing, dance to, or play rock music

11. to be extremely enjoyable, pleasing, or effective
her new car rocks

12. to do something that disturbs the equilibrium of a situation

13. a rocking movement

14. popular music usually played on electronically amplified instruments and characterized by a persistent heavily accented beat, repetition of simple phrases, and often country, folk, and blues elements

15. a large mass of stone forming a cliff, promontory, or peak

16. a concreted mass of stony material also broken pieces of such masses

17. consolidated or unconsolidated solid mineral matter also a particular mass of it

18. something like a rock in firmness:

19. foundation, support

20. refuge
a rock of independent thought … in an ocean of parochialism
— Thomas Molnar

21. something that threatens or causes disaster —often used in plural

22. a flavored stick candy with color running through

23. rock candy sense 1

24. gem

25. diamond

26. a small crystallized mass of crack cocaine

27. crack sense 9

28. the ball used in basketball
Who's going to fight through screens or risk lumps and lacerations lunging into the stands after the rock?
— Chris Broussard

29. in a difficult or uncomfortable position with no attractive way out

30. in or into a state of destruction or wreckage
their marriage is on the rocks

31. on ice cubes
bourbon on the rocks

32. distaff

33. the wool or flax on a distaff

34. river 300 miles (483 kilometers) long in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois flowing south and southwest into the Mississippi River at the city of Rock Island

35. to move (someone or something) back and forth or from side to side

36. to cause (something) to shake violently

37. to cause (someone or something) to be upset or shocked

38. to move gently back and forth or side to side

39. to cause (something) to shake violently
An earthquake rocked the town.

40. solid mineral deposits
The bulldozer hit rock.

41. a mass of stone The ship washed up on the rocks. I picked up a rock from the path.

42. a rocking movement

43. popular music played on instruments that are amplified electronically

44. crack — called also rock cocaine

英汉例句

• My bet is that the National People「s Congress won」t do anything to rock the boat even slightly this year.

  我想赌一把，就是全国人大今年不会采取任何行动来使船摇晃哪怕是那么一丁点。

• 1： Governor, the state is running out of money, but let「s not talk about raising taxes until the election is over -- you」ll just rock the boat and get the voters upset with you.

  顾问说：虽然州内资金短缺，但是我们在选举没结束前可别提出加税，不然你会激怒选民把事情搞糟的。 候选人在竞选中时常会以甜言蜜语取悦选民争取选票，如果在这当口上反而提出加税，触犯众怒一定会把竞选计划全盘打翻。所以rock the boat意思就是把事情打乱搞糟。

• Why rock the boat and change anything?

  为什么不摇动船只改变一切事情呢？

• These people may fear that if they rock the boat in the smallest way, the ones they love will leave.

  这些人也许担心如果自己一旦「捣乱」，那么他们所爱的人就会离开。

• Now that we are on the way to economic recovery we cannot allow any section of the community to rock the boat by unreasonable demands or irresponsible action.

  由于我们现在正处在经济恢复的道路上，我们不能允许社会上无论哪一种以无理要求或不负责任的行动来破坏我们。

• They seldom rock the boat or annoy the mayor or board of aldermen with unusual budget requests.

  他们很少捣乱或提出过分的预算要求来为难市长或市参议会。

• Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!

  不要摇晃小船，否则它会翻的。

• Disturbed at the beginning of the fish, it suddenly rock the boat a bit too.

  鱼开始不安分了，它突然把小船扯得晃蕩了一下。

• Indeed, the lifetime employment system makes bosses loth to rock the boat (and means they have few other job options if they do).

  终生雇佣制的确让众管理者不愿惹是生非(如果真惹事了的话，终生雇佣制度会让他们无太多机会跳槽)。

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careen倾侧，倾斜

lurch突然倾斜；失败，挫折；蹒跚

pitch投掷；投（球）；触地；击高球；重跌；颠簸；使倾斜；确定标準；定音高；投标，推销；搭帐篷；用沥青涂；用石头铺（路）；给（麦芽汁）加酵母

roll滚动；翻身；（眼睛）转动；在原地打滚；（马）仰卧蹬脚；左右摇晃；蹒跚；使翻车；掷（骰子）；掷出（骰子数）；（转动）肩膀；行驶；推；摇车窗；（液体）滚落；（时间）流逝；稳定持续的；（产品）从（机器）产出；涌流；延绵起伏；运转；卷，卷起；展开；搓成；辗；发出隆隆声；把（衣服的边）卷起来；压平；覆盖；启动；用颤音发出（辅音，尤其是 r）

seesaw使上下或来回摇动

sway影响；摇摆

toss(Toss) （美）托斯（人名）