cataclysm

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n. 大洪水, 地震, (社会政治的)大变动 [医] 渗出, 渗液, 猝变, 聚变

发音

其它 /ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/

词形变化

cataclysms 复数 cataclysms

别名

cataclasm

教材释义与例句

名词

灾难；大洪水，地震；（社会政治的）大变动

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sudden, violent event.

    激变

  2. 2.

    A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.

    地质
  3. 3.

    A great flood.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

disaster tragedy catastrophe calamity

上位词 2

misfortune bad luck

下位词 10

plague apocalypse famine tsunami meltdown visitation tidal wave act of God force majeure kiss of death

相关短语

lunar cataclysm

词源

From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).

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