transcription, транскрипция: [ kweɪk ]
v. & n. --v.intr. 1 shake, tremble. 2 rock to and fro. 3 (of a person) shake or shudder (was quaking with fear). --n. 1 colloq. an earthquake. 2 an act of quaking. øquaking-grass any grass of the genus Briza, having slender stalks and trembling in the wind: also called dodder-grass. øøquaky adj. (quakier, quakiest). [OE cwacian]