earthquake

英[ˈɜːθkweɪk]美[ˈɜːrθkweɪk]

n.地震；

复数：earthquakes;

例句

The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.地震之后, 这座城市成为一片废墟。

In comparison with the disastrous damage made by the earthquake, my personal loss is negligible.和地震造成的灾难性破坏相比, 我个人的这点损失实在算不了什么。

portents of earthquake地震的前兆

A great many houses were knocked down by the earthquake.许多房子在地震中塌了。

The earthquake wiped out the whole town.那次地震毁掉了整个城镇。

Things will not get back to normal soon after the earthquake.地震过后一切都不会马上恢复正常。

Many buildings fell down during the earthquake.在地震中许多楼房倒塌了。

The earthquake unsettled the rocks up the mountain.那次地震震松了山上的石块。

After the earthquake, it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后, 花了数月才清理完瓦砾。

After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着 。

英语六级真题

In just the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the destructive power of earthquakes in Indonesia, typhoons in the Philippines, and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands.

Some of them had once experienced an earthquake.

By noting where the most severe earthquake in U. S. history occurred.

Since he was speaking in the Midwest, he decided to begin by noting that the most severe earthquake in American history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid, Missouri in 1811.

If such an earthquake happened today, it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley

By reflecting on Americans' previous failures in predicting earthquakes.

By describing the destructive power of earthquakes

Juan Louis, a junior geology major, decided to give an informative speech about how earthquakes occur.

As he prepared the speech, Juan kept asking himself, "How can I make this clear and meaningful to someone who knows nothing about earthquakes or geological principles

Throughout the body of the speech, Juan dealt only with the basic mechanics of the earthquakes and carefully avoid technical terms.

0-magiiitude earthquake and tsunami along one of the nation's dangerous—and underestimated—faults.

But what if the fault that runs along the Pacific Northwest delivers a gigantic earthquake of its own?

California has spent years preparing for "The Big One"—the inevitable earthquake that will undoubtedly unleash all kinds of havoc along the famous San Andreas fault (断层).

first, the earthquake would shake metropolitan areas including Seattle and Portland.

Megathrusts are created in earthquake zones-land plate boundaries where two plates converge.

Nearly 700 miles long, the earthquake zone is located by the North American Plate off the coast of Pacific British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

The Cascadia Earthquake Zone is big enough to compete with San Andreas it's been called the most dangerous fault in Americ, but it's much lesser known than its California cousin.

The Cascadia Rising drill gives area residents and emergency responders a chance to practice what to do in case of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami along one of the nation’s dangerous—and underestimated—faults.

The last time a major earthquake occurred along the Cascadia fault was in 1700, so officials worry that another event could occur any time.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

地震

An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the earth's crust.

英汉词典释义

n.

地震

动乱, 大震荡

英英词典释义

Noun

1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

2. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive;

行业词典

地球物理学： 地震；

地质学： 地震；又称 :地震(seism)；

水利： 地震；地壳在内、外营力作用下，集聚的构造应力突然释放，产生震动弹性波，从震源向四周传播引起的地面颤动。；

电工： 地震；

药学： 地震；