「earthquake」

n. 地震；大动荡

英 ['ɜːθkweɪk] 美 ['ɝθ'kwek]

权威例句

1. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
   首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。
   来自柯林斯例句
2. The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran.
   地震带来的冲击波在德黑兰也能感觉到。
   来自柯林斯例句
3. 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。
   来自柯林斯例句
4. The cost of repairing earthquake damage could be more than seven-thousand-million dollars.
   弥补地震造成的损失需要超过70亿美元。
   来自柯林斯例句
5. On a world scale the earthquake was a tiddler.
   从全球范围看，这次地震算不了什么。
   来自柯林斯例句

中文词源

earthquake 地震

earth, 地球。-quake, 震动。

英文词源

earthquake (n.)
late 13c., eorthequakynge, from earth + quake (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðdyn, eorðhrernes, eorðbeofung, eorðstyrung.