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 earthquake ['ә:θkweik]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 地震

  1. The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.
    旧金山地震是世纪性的灾难之一。
  2. The city was razed by an earthquake.
    地震把这个城市夷为平地。
  3. The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe.
    这次地震是个可怕的灾难。


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

    2. <noun.event>
  2. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive

    3. <noun.state>
    selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees


Earthquake \Earth"quake`\, n.
A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to
subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise.
The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere,
destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also
{earthdin}, {earthquave}, and {earthshock}.

{Earthquake alarm}, a bell signal constructed to operate on
the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an
earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.


Earthquake \Earth"quake`\, a.
Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling.

The earthquake voice of victory. --Byron.

  1. The Department of Energy is investigating a report that a structural engineer was fired after concluding that an earthquake could cause the walls to collapse at the department's Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, a DOE official confirmed Saturday.
  2. Bells tolled and mournful chants filled the streets today as Armenia marked the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that killed at least 25,000 people.
  3. In Geneva, the International Red Cross today appealed for $357,000 to provide aid _ mostly food and medicines _ to earthquake victims.
  4. Officials on Wednesday abandoned hope of finding any more survivors of the earthquake and mudslide that inundated three mountain villages, and said this settlement would be dedicated as a common grave.
  5. Predictions for the coming year? _An earthquake will destroy vast parts of northern Mexico and southern California.
  6. It has stood empty since a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook northern California six months ago, killing 68 people, cracking concrete columns supporting the waterfront roadway.
  7. On the 12-point Soviet scale, a 5-point earthquake is considered capable of shaking buildings, furniture and cracking windows and plaster.
  8. They said the house shook and there was a sound like thunder. "We thought it was an earthquake," they told authorities.
  9. The July 16 earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, injured more than 3,000 and destroyed the homes of 90,000 people in the northern Philippines.
  10. Mr. Le Pen's 14.4% showing Sunday has triggered what he calls an "earthquake" in French politics.
  11. The plant, located in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, was not damaged by the devastating Dec. 7 earthquake in another part of the small southern Soviet republic that borders Turkey.
  12. The Swiss Disaster Relief Corps offered to send rescue experts and search dogs to help locate earthquake victims, a spokesman said.
  13. Economist David Wyss of DRI-McGraw Hill Inc., a Lexington, Mass., forecasting firm, said fourth-quarter profits also will be depressed by a strike at the Boeing Co. and from insurance losses attributable to the San Francisco earthquake.
  14. Reg and Christine Miller were on their honeymoon in France when the earthquake struck.
  15. Asked about the danger of epidemic in the earthquake areas, where thousands of bodies still have not been recovered, Ryzhkov told his interviewer there was no such danger in the large cities.
  16. She said the quake registered 7 on the Soviet earthquake scale in Krasnovodsk, a city on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea in Soviet Turkmenia.
  17. Pedestrians sprint down a Cairo street yesterday as a strong earthquake rocked the Egyptian capital.
  18. In August, the company donated $71,000 for victims of an earthquake in the region.
  19. An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale can cause severe damage in populated areas.
  20. The new spending measure will include up to $2.5 billion in aid for victims of the California earthquake, as well as money for ongoing cleanup following Hurricane Hugo.
  21. But he acknowledged authorities were having trouble finding places for the refugees to live because most vacant apartments were turned over to those left homeless by the earthquake.
  22. A strong earthquake rattled windows in Tokyo and shook the metropolitan area Tuesday night, but police said it caused no immediate damage.
  23. A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated jungle region of southern Sudan but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, officials said Tuesday.
  24. Strong aftershocks sent panicked residents rushing into the streets of northern Iran on Saturday, and mass graves were dug for victims of an earthquake that some official reports say killed at least 40,000 people.
  25. Lawrence said he thought an earthquake had struck.
  26. The church says milk-production restrictions in the wake of the 1986 nuclear accident in Chernobyl, U.S.S.R, had caused the milk shortage in Armenia, which also was devastated by earthquake a year ago.
  27. The evidence is that significant strain has accumulated along the fault since the region's last big earthquake. Recognising precursors will still be difficult.
  28. Page 6 An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia and northern Australia.
  29. The earthquake is likely to reduce GNP negligibly in the near term and then could raise it a bit as rebuilding begins.
  30. The earthquake, 7.8-8.2 on the Richter scale, followed by a second tremor of 7.9 devastated 20 square miles of the city of Tangshan.
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