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 sometimes destroys whole cities.
地震有时会摧毁整个城市。 - 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。 - 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 whole house shook during the earthquake.
地震时整个房子都摇动了。 - The earthquake caused many buildings to collapse.
地震使许多建筑物倾倒。 - There came an explosion, not so much a bang as a shaking like an earthquake.
发生了一次爆炸，没听到一声轰然巨响，倒像是地震那样地面猛晃了晃。 - This earthquake affected several cities in the vicinity.
这次地震波及周围几个城市。 - The earthquake made the roadbed cave in.
地震后路基沉陷了。 - 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。