1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons, horses, and credit; 1850 of structures; from shake (v.) + -y (2). General sense of "uncertain, of questionable integrity" is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, "split, having fissures" (1808). Related: Shakily; shakiness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.
感到自己的觀點(diǎn)站不住腳，瑪麗于是換了個(gè)話題。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery.