cataclysm

英 [ˈkætəklɪzəm]

美 [ˈkætəklɪzəm]

n.  (突然降临的)大灾难，大灾变，大动乱

复数：cataclysms　

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BNC.35007 / COCA.22077

牛津词典

noun

• （突然降临的）大灾难，大灾变，大动乱
  a sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change, for example a flood or a war

柯林斯词典

• 大灾难；剧变
  Acataclysmis an event that causes great change or harm.

英英释义

noun

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  1. the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
  2. the earthquake was a disaster
  Synonym:calamitycatastrophedisastertragedy
• a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  Synonym:catastrophe

双语例句

• We know that in Cataclysm Deathwing is going to come back and destroy a lot of old world Azeroth.
  我们知道大灾变里死亡之翼将要回归，还会破坏掉旧艾泽拉斯大陆的很多地方。
• The people mysteriously vanished when the world was destroyed by an unknown and ancient cataclysm.
  当此处被古老未知的天灾毁灭之后，这个民族也神秘地消失了。
• In my books I reveal the immense cataclysm that is going to torment the earth in the near future.
  在我的书我揭示了巨大的灾难，快要折磨在不久的将来地球。
• And if the cataclysm affected the Moon, it also affected the Earth& at a time when life was just beginning.
  如果这个大灾难影响月球，它同样也影响地球&在这个时候，生命刚刚开始。
• It's a cataclysm for all mankind.
  这是对全人类的一场大灾难。
• A sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm.
  灾变地表突然而猛烈的变动；灾变。
• No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
  没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
• That's fine for now, but not where we want to be in Cataclysm.
  这么做现在可以，但是不是我们在大灾变中想要的。
• Queen Azshara will also play a major part in Cataclysm.
  艾萨拉女王同样扮演了重量级角色。
• The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
  经历了这场特大洪水，当地人民元气大伤，很难恢复。