cataclysmic是什么意思？

cataclysmic

英[ˌkætə'klɪzmɪk] 美[ˌkætə'klɪzmɪk]

• adj. 洪水的，大变动的；

名词：cataclysm;

例句

• Laotse had laughed before him, a thin , shrill yet cataclysmic laughter. 老子在庄子面前嘲笑他, 那笑是尖锐刺耳却又激变的.
• We found evidence of a cataclysmic climate shift, which occurred 10,000 years ago. 我们发现了10, 000年前,灾难性的气候迁移的证据.
• It all happened with the speed of lightning and with cataclysmic violence. 这都是闪电那样快,排山倒海那样猛!
• ...the final and cataclysmic erasure of all the remaining dinosaurs 65 million years ago. 6,500万年前所有残存恐龙的最终灾难性灭绝
• Few had expected that change to be as cataclysmic as it turned out to be. 没有几个人料到那个变化会如此翻天覆地。
• ...the cataclysmic events that were destroying his faith in humanity... 摧毁他对人性的信念的灾难性事件

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  灾难性的；引起巨大变化的
  A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
  例句
  ...the cataclysmic events that were destroying his faith in humanity... 摧毁他对人性的信念的灾难性事件 Few had expected that change to be as cataclysmic as it turned out to be. 没有几个人料到那个变化会如此翻天覆地。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. severely destructive;
  "cataclysmic nuclear war""a cataclysmic earthquake"