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 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。 - An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population
首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。 - Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake
东欧的几个国家正在计算昨天的地震带来的损失。 - The earthquake made the roadbed cave in.
地震后路基沉陷了。 - The earthquake lasted for three days.
地震延续了3天。 - The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是房屋倒塌的起因。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。