飛機開始震動的時候,乘客們都緊張了起來。

Passengers became nervous when the plane began to vibrate.

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Sentence Composition

1 飛機 fēi airplane

classifier:

2 開始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier:

3 震動 zhèndòng
  1. to shake
  2. to vibrate
  3. to strongly affect
  4. shock
  5. vibration
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
6 乘客 chéng passenger
7 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
=8 surname Du
=8 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=8
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
9 緊張 jǐnzhāng
  1. nervous
  2. keyed up
  3. intense
  4. tense
  5. strained
  6. in short supply
  7. scarce

classifier:

=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào
=11 起來 lai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. lái
=11 起來 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. lai
=11 起來 lái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up