earthquake
英 ['??θkwe?k]
美['?θ'kwek]
- n. 地震；大动荡
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tsunami n.海啸（音似“出难民”——“海啸”之后，一定“出难民”）。
中文词源
earthquake 地震
earth, 地球。-quake, 震动。
英文词源
- earthquake (n.)
- late 13c., eorthequakynge, from earth + quake (n.). In this sense Old English had eoredyn, eorehrernes, eorebeofung, eorestyrung.
双语例句
- 1. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
- 首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。
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- 2. The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran.
- 地震带来的冲击波在德黑兰也能感觉到。
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- 3. Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake.
- 东欧的几个国家正在计算昨天的地震带来的损失。
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- 4. The cost of repairing earthquake damage could be more than seven-thousand-million dollars.
- 弥补地震造成的损失需要超过70亿美元。
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- 5. On a world scale the earthquake was a tiddler.
- 从全球范围看，这次地震算不了什么。
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