Слово англійською: rock
Дієслово
Переклад rock українською: гойда́ти, колиса́ти кого́, колиха́ти, хита́ти
Детальний опис
move gently
- [intransitive, transitive] to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side; to make somebody/something move in this way
- (+ adv./prep.) The boat rocked from side to side in the waves.
- She was rocking backwards and forwards in her seat.
- rock somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) He rocked the baby gently in his arms.
shock
- [transitive, often passive] rock somebody/something (rather informal) to shock somebody/something very much or make them afraid
- The country was rocked by a series of political scandals.
- The news rocked the world.
shake
- [intransitive, transitive] to shake or to make something shake violently
- The house rocked when the bomb exploded.
- rock something The town was rocked by an earthquake.
- (figurative) The scandal rocked the government (= made the situation difficult for it).
dance
- [intransitive] (old-fashioned) to dance to rock music
be good
something rocks
[intransitive] (slang) used to say that something is very good fashion
- [transitive] rock something (informal) to wear something or have a style of clothing, hair, etc. that makes you look attractive or confident
- How to rock the retro look.
- She rocked a red leather skirt at the award ceremony.
Word Originverb late Old English roccian, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘remove, move’; related to Dutch rukken ‘jerk, tug’ and German rücken ‘move’.
Idioms - (informal) to do something that upsets a situation and causes problems
- She was told to keep her mouth shut and not rock the boat.
rock/shake the foundations of something | rock/shake something to its foundations
- to cause people to question their basic beliefs about something
- an event that rocked the foundations of British politics
- The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its foundations.
shake/rock the foundations of something | shake/rock something to its foundations
- to cause people to question their basic beliefs about something
- This issue has shaken the foundations of French politics.
- an event which rocked the foundations of British politics
- The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its foundations.
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