earthquakes是什么意思？

earthquakes

英['ɜ:θkweɪks] 美['ɜθkweɪks]

• n. 地震( earthquake的名词复数 )，动乱，大震荡；

例句

• The document recorded that there had been a lot of earthquakes in this area. 这份文献记载说这个地带以前发生过多次地震。
• This area is subject to earthquakes. 该地区常发生地震。
• The building standards in California require against earthquakes. 加州的建筑标准要求能够抗震.
• The cattle precautions against earthquakes most shed! 最牛防震棚!
• A house built from living tree roots that provides natural against earthquakes? 在可以自然抗震的活着的树根里建房?
• Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves... 地震产生两种地震波。
• Earthquakes happen when stresses in rock are suddenly released as the rocks fracture. 当岩石碎裂时其承受的压力突然释放出来，地震就发生了。
• ...a country that's rocked by dozens of earthquakes every year... 每年遭受十几次地震袭击的国家
• It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year. 在每年会发生几十次地震的国家建造核电站简直就是愚蠢至极。
• Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust. 地震会在地壳上留下裂痕。

英语六级真题

By reflecting on Americans' previous failures in predicting earthquakes.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
By describing the destructive power of earthquakes
出自-2010年6月听力原文
Juan Louis, a junior geology major, decided to give an informative speech about how earthquakes occur.
出自-2010年6月听力原文

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.