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。 - 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 lasted for three days.
地震延续了3天。 - An appeal is being made for help for those who lost their homes in the earthquake.
正在呼吁援助在地震中失去家园的人们。 - The whole house shook during the earthquake.
地震时整个房子都摇动了。 - 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。 - A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island of Sicily early this morning
今日凌晨意大利西西里岛发生强地震。 - 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 continued for about two minutes.
地震持续了大约两分钟。 - The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是房屋倒塌的起因。