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
- This earthquake affected several cities in the vicinity.
这次地震波及周围几个城市。 - The earthquake lasted for three days.
地震延续了3天。 - An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population
首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。 - 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。 - 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 made the roadbed cave in.
地震后路基沉陷了。 - The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a magnitude of 8.3.
1906年旧金山地震的震级为8.3级。 - The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是房屋倒塌的起因。 - The whole house shook during the earthquake.
地震时整个房子都摇动了。 - 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。