noun🔗ShareChocA sudden, heavy impact."The train hit the buffers with a great shock."Le train a heurté les tampons avec un grand choc.physicssensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDiscontinuité, chocA discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation."The sudden change in the weather patterns caused a shock in the model predicting crop yields. "Le changement soudain des conditions météorologiques a provoqué une discontinuité dans le modèle de prévision des rendements agricoles.theoryphysicsmathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChoquer, bouleverserTo cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset."The disaster shocked the world."La catastrophe a choqué le monde.emotionmindsensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChoquer, électrocuterTo give an electric shock to."The faulty electrical wiring in the classroom shocked the student. "Le câblage électrique défectueux dans la salle de classe a électrocuté l'élève.electrictechnologyenergyphysicsdeviceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChoquer, heurterTo meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter."The car shock the parked bicycle, sending it tumbling into the street. "La voiture a heurté le vélo garé, le faisant basculer dans la rue.actioneventdisasteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareChoc, gerbeAn arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook."The farmer carefully arranged the wheat into a neat shock before the rain. "L'agriculteur a soigneusement arrangé le blé en une gerbe avant la pluie.agricultureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareChocA lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods."The shipping clerk listed the incoming shock of lumber as sixty pieces. "L'employé d'expédition a répertorié le choc de bois entrant comme soixante pièces.amountcommerceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTouffe, mèche(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass."His head boasted a shock of sandy hair."Sa tête arborait une touffe de cheveux couleur sable.appearancenatureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareChien de salon, bichonA small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog."My aunt brought a fluffy shock of a dog to the family gathering. "Ma tante a amené un bichon tout doux à la réunion de famille.animalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMettre en gerbesTo collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook."to shock rye"Mettre du seigle en gerbes.agricultureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
