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calamity 【calamity】n.不幸之事；灾难The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and houses were ruined.春天的洪水对农人来说是一大灾难。他的农作物和房子都被破坏了。

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[kə'læməti] 
calamityan event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war.
Near synonyms are catastrophe and disaster. The noun calamity is from Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitas, a word which might be related to Latin clades "destruction." Calamity Jane was the nickname of a 19th-century woman living on the U.S. frontier. She claimed to have some very exciting adventures.
All forms of 'calamity' will appear on average once every 413 pages.calamitouscalamity

Front	calamity
Pron	[kə'læməti]
Back	【calamity】 n.不幸之事；灾难 The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and houses were ruined. 春天的洪水对农人来说是一大灾难。他的农作物和房子都被破坏了。
Vocab	calamityan event resulting in great loss and misfortune Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war. Near synonyms are catastrophe and disaster. The noun calamity is from Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitas, a word which might be related to Latin clades "destruction." Calamity Jane was the nickname of a 19th-century woman living on the U.S. frontier. She claimed to have some very exciting adventures. All forms of 'calamity' will appear on average once every 413 pages. calamitous calamity

Calamity Great Event Word Latin Kə'Læməti N.不幸之事；灾难 Spring