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
- 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。 - Government officials visited the earthquake zone on Thursday morning to co-ordinate the relief effort.
星期四上午，政府官员视察地震灾区，以协调救援工作。 - 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。 - The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是房屋倒塌的起因。 - The earthquake continued for about two minutes.
地震持续了大约两分钟。 - Agitated activity by certain animals may be a sign of an impending earthquake.
某些动物烦躁不安可能是地震临震前的预兆。 - This earthquake affected several cities in the vicinity.
这次地震波及周围几个城市。 - 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 made the roadbed cave in.
地震后路基沉陷了。 - 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。