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1 shaky
(a) (unsteady → chair, table) branlant, peu solide; (→ ladder) branlant, peu stable; (→ hand) tremblant, tremblotant; (→ writing) tremblé; (→ voice) tremblotant, chevrotant; (→ steps) chancelant;∎ he's a bit shaky on his legs il ne tient pas bien ou il n'est pas très solide sur ses jambes;∎ I'm still shaky after my accident je ne me suis pas encore complètement remis de mon accident;∎ to be based or built on shaky foundations avoir des bases chancelantes(b) (uncertain, weak → health, faith) précaire, vacillant; (→ authority, regime) incertain, chancelant; (→ future, finances) incertain, précaire; (→ business) incertain;∎ her memory is a bit shaky sa mémoire n'est pas très sûre;∎ my memories of the war are rather shaky mes souvenirs de la guerre sont assez vagues;∎ things got off to a shaky start les choses ont plutôt mal commencé;∎ my knowledge of German is a bit shaky mes notions d'allemand sont plutôt vagues;∎ he came up with some very shaky arguments ses arguments étaient très peu convaincants -
2 shaky
adjective1) (unsteady) wack[e]lig [Möbelstück, Leiter]; zittrig [Hand, Stimme, Bewegung, Greis]be shaky on one's legs — wacklig auf den Beinen sein (ugs.)
2) (unreliable)* * *1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) zittrig2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) wackelig3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) unsicher* * *[ˈʃeɪki]1. (unsteady) hands, voice, handwriting zittrig; ladder, table wack[e]lighis voice was a bit \shaky on the high notes bei den hohen Tönen war seine Stimme leicht brüchigto be \shaky on one's feet unsicher auf den Beinen seinto feel a bit \shaky (physically) noch etwas wack[e]lig auf den Beinen sein; (emotionally) beunruhigt seinhis English is rather \shaky sein Englisch ist etwas holprigon \shaky ground auf unsicherem Bodento get off to a \shaky start mühsam in Gang kommen* * *['ʃeIkɪ]adj (+er)chair, position wackelig; evidence fragwürdig, unsicher; voice, hands, writing zitt(e)rig; knowledge unsicher, wackeligin rather shaky French — in ziemlich holprigem Französisch
to feel shaky (physically) — sich ganz schwach fühlen; (from nerves) sich zitt(e)rig fühlen
to get off to a shaky start (fig) — einen unsicheren or holprigen Anfang nehmen
* * *shaky [ˈʃeıkı] adj (adv shakily)1. wack(e)lig (auch fig Firma etc):be shaky on one’s legs wacklig auf den Beinen sein umg2. zitt(e)rig, bebend (Hände, Stimme)shaky courage wankender Mut4. fig unsicher, zweifelhaft5. angeschlagen (Gesundheit)* * *adjective1) (unsteady) wack[e]lig [Möbelstück, Leiter]; zittrig [Hand, Stimme, Bewegung, Greis]2) (unreliable)* * *adj.schlotterig adj.wacklig adj. -
3 shaky
['ʃeɪkɪ]1) (liable to shake) [chair, ladder] traballante, barcollante2) fig. (liable to founder) [relationship, argument] poco solido; [ position] insicuro, privo di certezza; [knowledge, memory, prospects] incerto; [ regime] debole, vacillante3) fig. (uncertain)we got off to a rather shaky start — (in relationship, business) l'inizio è stato un po' incerto; (in performance) all'inizio eravamo un po' insicuri
my French is a bit shaky — il mio francese è un po' incerto o traballante
* * *1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) tremolante2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) vacillante, traballante3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) debole* * *shaky /ˈʃeɪkɪ/a.1 malfermo; barcollante; traballante; tremante; tremolante; debole; vacillante: a shaky table, una tavola traballante; a shaky old man, un vecchio tremolante; a shaky hand, una mano malferma (o tremante); (mil. e sport) a shaky defence, una difesa debole; a shaky house, una casa vacillante2 infido; dubbio; inattendibile; incerto; indeciso; insicuro: a shaky character, un carattere infido; a shaky argument, un argomento dubbio; shaky evidence, prove dubbie (o poco attendibili); His French is rather shaky, il suo francese è piuttosto incerto (o approssimativo)● shaky health, salute malferma (o precaria) □ to feel shaky, non stare in piedi ( dopo una malattia) □ to be shaky on one's legs, avere le gambe che tremano; avere la tremarella alle gambe.* * *['ʃeɪkɪ]1) (liable to shake) [chair, ladder] traballante, barcollante2) fig. (liable to founder) [relationship, argument] poco solido; [ position] insicuro, privo di certezza; [knowledge, memory, prospects] incerto; [ regime] debole, vacillante3) fig. (uncertain)we got off to a rather shaky start — (in relationship, business) l'inizio è stato un po' incerto; (in performance) all'inizio eravamo un po' insicuri
my French is a bit shaky — il mio francese è un po' incerto o traballante
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4 shaky
1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) tembloroso2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) cojo, inestable3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) flojoshaky adj tembloroso / poco firmetr['ʃeɪkɪ]1 (hand, voice) tembloroso,-a; (writing) temblón,-ona; (step) inseguro,-a; (health) débil, delicado,-a2 (ladder, table, etc) cojo,-a, inestable, poco firme3 figurative use (argument etc) sin fundamento; (government, currency) débil; (theory, start) flojo,-a■ the team got off to a shaky start this season el equipo empezó la temporada jugando con poca confianza1) shaking: tembloroso2) unstable: poco firme, inestable3) precarious: precario, incierto4) questionable: dudoso, cuestionableshaky arguments: argumentos discutiblesadj.• dudoso, -a adj.• débil adj.• inseguro, -a adj.• movedizo, -a adj.• poco sólido adj.• tembloroso, -a adj.'ʃeɪkiadjective -kier, -kiestb) ( unsteady) < table> poco firme; < structure> tambaleante, poco firme or sólido; < health> delicado; <currency/government> débil; <theory/start> flojo['ʃeɪkɪ]ADJ (compar shakier) (superl shakiest)1) (=trembling) [person, legs] tembloroso2) (=wobbly) inestable, poco firme3) (=weak) [person] débil4) (fig) (=uncertain) [health, memory] frágil, precario; [finances] precario; [knowledge] deficiente, flojo* * *['ʃeɪki]adjective -kier, -kiest -
5 wobbly
wobbly [ˈwɒblɪ]a. ( = shaky) [table, chair] bancal ; [jelly] qui tremble• she was still a bit wobbly after her illness (inf) elle se sentait encore un peu patraque (inf) après sa maladie* * *['wɒblɪ]adjective [table, chair] bancal; [tooth] branlant; [chin, voice, jelly] tremblotant; [handwriting, line] tremblant; fig [theory, plot] boiteux/-euse••to throw a wobbly — (colloq) GB piquer une crise (colloq)
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6 unsteady
unsteady [ˈʌnˈstedɪ]a. ( = shaky) [person, voice, legs, gait] mal assuréb. ( = unsecured) [ladder, structure] instable* * *[ʌn'stedɪ]1) ( wobbly) [steps, legs, voice] chancelant; [ladder] instable; [hand] tremblant2) ( irregular) [rhythm, speed] irrégulier/-ière
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