earthquake
英 [ˈɜːθkweɪk]
美 [ˈɜːrθkweɪk]
n. 地震
复数：earthquakes
Collins.2 / BNC.6891 / COCA.4261
牛津词典
noun
- 地震
a sudden, violent shaking of the earth's surface
柯林斯词典
- 地震
Anearthquakeis a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the earth's crust.
英英释义
noun
- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
- selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees
双语例句
- An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population
首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。 - The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是房屋倒塌的起因。 - A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island of Sicily early this morning
今日凌晨意大利西西里岛发生强地震。 - An earthquake sometimes destroys whole cities.
地震有时会摧毁整个城市。 - Many of the 100,000 or so families who lost their homes in the earthquake have still not been rehoused
有10万户左右的家庭在地震中失去了家园，其中许多家庭还没有得到安置。 - The earthquake killed 62 people
地震导致62人死亡。 - There seems to be every indication that there will be an earthquake.
所有迹象似乎都表明将要发生地震。 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。 - He survived the earthquake after spending 3 days in an air pocket
他在气窝里度过了3天，得以从地震中幸存。 - A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby
远处发生大地震总比在附近发生小地震好。