摇晃

• 拼音: yáo huàng
• 汉字拆解: 摇 = 扌(hand) + 䍃 (phonetic — to shake); 晃 = 日 (sun) + 光 (light — flickering or swaying light; unstable, oscillating motion)

含义

To rock; to shake; to sway; to wobble. Describes an unstable, unsteady back-and-forth or up-and-down physical motion.

Used for objects and people: 船身摇晃 (the hull rocking), 站不稳摇摇晃晃 (staggering, barely able to stand), 摇晃婴儿 (rocking a baby). Often implies instability or lack of control, unlike the rhythmic 摇摆 or the intentional 摇动. 摇晃不止 (incessant shaking) is a common intensified form.

例句

1. 地震发生时，整栋大楼剧烈摇晃，走廊里的装饰画纷纷从墙上脱落，室内的家具和物品也被震得东倒西歪。
2. 渡轮在风浪中剧烈摇晃，大部分乘客脸色苍白，几名晕船严重的旅客甚至无法独立站立，只能紧紧抓住扶手。
3. 老工程师在灾后第一时间赶到现场，仔细检查了那几根仍在轻微摇晃的受损桥柱，神情凝重地评估着潜在的结构风险。

用法指南

语境: natural disasters, transport, daily life, engineering

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 飞机在穿越强对流区域时遭遇了剧烈颠簸，机舱内的行李架和餐具随之剧烈摇晃，乘务员立即广播要求所有乘客系好安全带。(As the aircraft passed through a severe convective zone, it encountered violent turbulence; the overhead bins and tableware shook violently, and the cabin crew immediately broadcast a request for all passengers to fasten their seatbelts.)
• 年迈的老人拄着拐杖走在颠簸不平的石板路上，身形摇晃，他的孙子立刻上前搀扶，小心翼翼地护送老人走过这段难行的路段。(The elderly man walked along the uneven cobblestoned path with his walking stick, his frame unsteady and swaying; his grandson immediately stepped forward to support him, carefully escorting the old man through this difficult stretch of road.)

错误说法

• 他摇晃了头 — 摇晃 implies uncontrolled or unstable motion; for deliberately shaking one's head say 他摇了摇头 or 他摇头; 摇晃头 suggests the head is wobbly or being shaken uncontrollably, which sounds unintentional and odd

起源与历史

摇 = 扌(hand) + 䍃 (phonetic — shaking with the hand); 晃 = 日 (sun) + 光 (light — light flickering or dancing; extended to the unsteady oscillation of physical objects)

文化背景

时代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal