earthquake
英 ['??θkwe?k]
美['?θ'kwek]
- n. 地震；大動蕩
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tsunami n.海嘯（音似“出難民”——“海嘯”之后，一定“出難民”）。
中文詞源
earthquake 地震
earth, 地球。-quake, 震動。
英文詞源
- earthquake (n.)
- late 13c., eorthequakynge, from earth + quake (n.). In this sense Old English had eoredyn, eorehrernes, eorebeofung, eorestyrung.
雙語例句
- 1. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
- 首都發生了地震，引發民眾恐慌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran.
- 地震帶來的沖擊波在德黑蘭也能感覺到。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake.
- 東歐的幾個國家正在計算昨天的地震帶來的損失。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The cost of repairing earthquake damage could be more than seven-thousand-million dollars.
- 彌補地震造成的損失需要超過70億美元。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. On a world scale the earthquake was a tiddler.
- 從全球范圍看，這次地震算不了什么。
來自柯林斯例句