"rock" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

rock verbo

rock + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 15
rock chairs • rock the boat • rock music • rock one's head • rock horses • ...
verbo + rock
Kolokacji: 7
stop rocking • begin rocking • start rocking • sit rocking • keep rocking • ...
rock + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
rock out • rock on • rock with • rock from • rock in • ...
rock + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
rock gently • rock forth • rock slightly • rock forward • rock slowly • ...
(1) gently, softly
Kolokacji: 2
1. rock gently = kamień łagodnie rock gently
2. rock softly = kamień delikatnie rock softly
  • Slowly the body rose to the surface and lay, head down, softly rocking in the ripples of the dive.
  • We rock softly to and fro.
  • They rock softly and are rocked, and carried as if dead.
  • When he woke, it was still very dark and the launch was rocking softly in the water.
  • He rocked softly, secretly, back and forth in a small breeze from the open door.
  • Noora had Jarvis's head cradled on her breast and was rocking softly from ide to side.
  • The train had picked up speed and was rocking softly sideways.
  • The red had spread in her cheeks and she laid her head back against the chair, rocking softly and stroking the thick-napped cat.
  • She rocked softly against him, making small, breathless cries unlike any sound she'd ever thought to make before.
  • The van rocked softly over the rutted road.
(2) forth, forward
Kolokacji: 2
(5) violently, furiously
Kolokacji: 2

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