英语词汇earthquake的词组、短语、固定搭配翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

earthquake /ˈɜːθkweɪk $ ˈɜːrθ-/ noun a sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface that often causes a lot of damageadjectivesa big/large/major earthquake The city was hit by a big earthquake. | If a major earthquake hits a large city, millions could die.a powerful/strong earthquake A powerful earthquake shook the northwest of the country.a great/massive/huge earthquake San Francisco was destroyed by the great earthquake of 1906.a small/minor earthquake Minor earthquakes are relatively common.a devastating earthquake (=causing a lot of damage) The whole town was flattened by a devastating earthquake.verbsan earthquake happens also an earthquake occurs formal Scientists cannot predict when an earthquake will occur.an earthquake hits/strikes a place (=happens in a particular place) A huge earthquake hit Japan in March 2011.an earthquake destroys/damages sth The earthquake completely destroyed most of the town.an earthquake shakes sth A powerful earthquake shook buildings across a large region of western Indonesia.an earthquake rocks a place (= shakes it violently) Thousands of people were injured after an earthquake rocked southern Peru.earthquake + nounsan earthquake zone The city is in an earthquake zone.an earthquake victim They want to raise money to help the earthquake victims.phrasesan earthquake measures 5/6.4 etc on the Richter scale The earthquake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, left more than 20,000 people homeless.the magnitude of an earthquake (=how powerful it is) The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.8.the epicentre of an earthquake (=the exact place on the Earth’s surface above where an earthquake begins) The town was close to the epicentre of the earthquake.THESAURUS: earthquake quake informal an earthquake – used especially in journalism: More than 2,000 people died when a quake hit the island of Flores. tremor a small movement in the Earth’s surface in which the ground shakes slightly: He was awoken by a series of tremors during the night. aftershock further movements in the Earth’s surface that happen after a larger earthquake: In the days after the earthquake, the area suffered a series of aftershocks. tsunami an ocean wave caused by an earthquake under the water, which causes a lot of damage when it reaches the shore: There was no warning of the approaching tsunami. | Japan was hit by a tsunami.

词组	earthquake
释义	earthquake /ˈɜːθkweɪk $ ˈɜːrθ-/ noun a sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface that often causes a lot of damageadjectivesa big/large/major earthquake The city was hit by a big earthquake. \| If a major earthquake hits a large city, millions could die.a powerful/strong earthquake A powerful earthquake shook the northwest of the country.a great/massive/huge earthquake San Francisco was destroyed by the great earthquake of 1906.a small/minor earthquake Minor earthquakes are relatively common.a devastating earthquake (=causing a lot of damage) The whole town was flattened by a devastating earthquake.verbsan earthquake happens also an earthquake occurs formal Scientists cannot predict when an earthquake will occur.an earthquake hits/strikes a place (=happens in a particular place) A huge earthquake hit Japan in March 2011.an earthquake destroys/damages sth The earthquake completely destroyed most of the town.an earthquake shakes sth A powerful earthquake shook buildings across a large region of western Indonesia.an earthquake rocks a place (= shakes it violently) Thousands of people were injured after an earthquake rocked southern Peru.earthquake + nounsan earthquake zone The city is in an earthquake zone.an earthquake victim They want to raise money to help the earthquake victims.phrasesan earthquake measures 5/6.4 etc on the Richter scale The earthquake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, left more than 20,000 people homeless.the magnitude of an earthquake (=how powerful it is) The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.8.the epicentre of an earthquake (=the exact place on the Earth’s surface above where an earthquake begins) The town was close to the epicentre of the earthquake.THESAURUS: earthquake quake informal an earthquake – used especially in journalism: More than 2,000 people died when a quake hit the island of Flores. tremor a small movement in the Earth’s surface in which the ground shakes slightly: He was awoken by a series of tremors during the night. aftershock further movements in the Earth’s surface that happen after a larger earthquake: In the days after the earthquake, the area suffered a series of aftershocks. tsunami an ocean wave caused by an earthquake under the water, which causes a lot of damage when it reaches the shore: There was no warning of the approaching tsunami. \| Japan was hit by a tsunami.
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