rock² v 1 [I,T] to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side, or to make something do this （使）来回摆动，（使）摇摆: Jane sat rocking the baby. 简坐着，把婴孩轻轻摇晃。 Waves were making the boat rock. 波浪打得小船左右摇晃。 2 [T] to make the people in a place feel very shocked or surprised 使震惊: a city rocked by violence 被暴力震撼的城市 3 rock the boatinformal to spoil a situation that everyone else is satisfied with 【非正式】 捣乱，破坏令人满意的状况