earthquake是什么意思？

earthquake

英[ˈɜ:θkweɪk] 美[ˈɜrθkweɪk]

• n. 地震，大变动，动乱；

复数：earthquakes;

例句

• The city lay in ruins after the earthquake. 地震之后, 这座城市成为一片废墟。
• In comparison with the disastrous damage made by the earthquake, my personal loss is negligible. 和地震造成的灾难性破坏相比, 我个人的这点损失实在算不了什么。
• portents of earthquake 地震的前兆
• A great many houses were knocked down by the earthquake. 许多房子在地震中塌了。
• The earthquake wiped out the whole town. 那次地震毁掉了整个城镇。
• Things will not get back to normal soon after the earthquake. 地震过后一切都不会马上恢复正常。
• Many buildings fell down during the earthquake. 在地震中许多楼房倒塌了。
• The earthquake unsettled the rocks up the mountain. 那次地震震松了山上的石块。
• After the earthquake, it took months to clean up the rubble. 地震后, 花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着 。

同义词

• n.
  earthquake的同义词之：地震
  seism, upheaval, quake, convulsion, tremblor, microseism, seismism, tremor, shock,
• earthquake的同义词之：其他释义
  tragedy, eruption,

英语六级真题

Some of them had once experienced an earthquake.
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By noting where the most severe earthquake in U. S. history occurred.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
Since he was speaking in the Midwest, he decided to begin by noting that the most severe earthquake in American history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid, Missouri in 1811.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  地震
  An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the earth's crust.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  地震
  The town was destroyed by the earthquake. 这个小镇被地震毁了。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
  2. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive;
  "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"

行业词典

• 地球物理学： 地震；
  地质学： 地震；又称 :地震(seism)；
  水利： 地震；地壳在内、外营力作用下，集聚的构造应力突然释放，产生震动弹性波，从震源向四周传播引起的地面颤动。；
  电工： 地震；
  药学： 地震；