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
- The earthquake had its epicentre two-hundred kilometres north-east of the capital.
那次地震的震中位于首都东北200公里处。 - An earthquake sometimes destroys whole cities.
地震有时会摧毁整个城市。 - About two-hundred people died in the earthquake which hit northern Peru
约200人在秘鲁北部发生的地震中丧生。 - The earthquake lasted for three days.
地震延续了3天。 - The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds
地震前有一阵巨大的轰隆声，持续了20秒钟。 - An appeal is being made for help for those who lost their homes in the earthquake.
正在呼吁援助在地震中失去家园的人们。 - 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。 - This earthquake affected several cities in the vicinity.
这次地震波及周围几个城市。 - 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。