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rock (obj) MOVEHrBk, $rB:kvto (cause someone or something to) move backwards and forwards or from side to side in a regular way（使）摇摆，（使）摇晃He picked up the baby and gently rocked her to sleep. [T]他抱起婴儿，轻轻地摇她入睡。If you rock back on that chair, you're going to break it. [I]如果你坐在那把椅子上向后摇，你就会弄坏它。If a building is rocked by an explosion, the force of the explosion makes the building shake.（因爆炸而使房屋）剧烈震动The explosion, which rocked the city, killed a number of passers-by and damaged many buildings. [T]震动城市的爆炸炸死了许多过路人，并破坏了许多建筑物。If an event rocks a group of people or society, it causes feelings of shock and fear.使震惊The managing director's resignation rocked the whole company. [T]总经理的辞职震惊了整个公司。The program has been rocked by allegations of fraud and mismanagement. [T]这一计划由于被指控是欺诈和管理不善而被动摇。(infml) If you rock the boat, you do or say something that will upset people or cause problems.捣乱，破坏稳定A small number of MPs are determined to speak out against the bill, even if this means rocking the boat.少数议员决定公开反对这议案，即使这意味着破坏现状。A rocking chair (also rocker) is a chair built on two pieces of curved wood so that you can move forwards and backwards on it as you sit in it.摇椅A rocking horse is a wooden toy horse that children can make move backwards and forwards as they sit on it.摇木马（一种儿童玩具）"The hand that rocks the cradle / Is the hand that rules the world" (from a poem by W.D.Wallace, 1865)“摇动摇篮的手/ 就是统治世界的手”（选自W.D. 华莱士的一首诗）
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