earthquake

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n. 地震

发音

UK /ˈɜːθkweɪk/
US /ˈɝθkweɪk/

词形变化

earthquakes 复数 earthquakes earthquaked earthquakes 三单 earthquaking earthquaking 现在分词 earthquaked 过去式 earthquaked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

地震；大动荡

a sudden shaking of the earth's surface that often causes a lot of damage

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck southern California on June 28.

6月28日加州南部地区发生了里氏6.1级地震。

The city is in an earthquake zone.

该市位于地震带。

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

    地震

    地动

  2. 2.

    Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.

  3. 3.

    A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To undergo an earthquake.

    地震

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

quake seism temblor

上位词 9

disturbance commotion flutter disruption to-do hoo-ha hoo-hah hurly-burly kerfuffle

下位词 5

shock tremor earth tremor microseism seaquake

相关短语

earthquake engineering earthquake protector earthquake protectors earthquake storm earthquake storms earthquake baroque earthquake bomb earthquake bombs earthquake dam earthquake dams earthquake drill slow earthquake

词源

From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”).

来源：wiktionary