rock /rɒk/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• (n.) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
• (n.) United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

Chinese translation

• n. 岩石, 岩礁, 石头, 基石, 暗礁, 摇动, 摇滚乐
• vt. 摇摆, 摇动, 使摇晃, 使动摇
• vi. 摇, 摇动

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/rɒk/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 5.03 · Common

Word forms

rocks, rocking, rocked

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rocks · rocket · rocky

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