cataclysm是什么意思？

cataclysm

英[ˈkætəklɪzəm] 美[ˈkætəˌklɪzəm]

• n. （突然降临的）大灾难；

复数：cataclysms;

形容词：cataclysmic;

例句

• The extinct volcano’s eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city. 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头。
• The cataclysm flooded the entire valley. 洪水淹没了整个山谷.
• The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered. 经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复.
• The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city. 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  大灾难；剧变
  A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (突然降临的)大灾难
  The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered. 经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复。 The extinct volcano’s eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city. 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
  "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity""the earthquake was a disaster"