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Earthquake Earth Shaking Surface Movement Volcanic ɜːrθkweɪk Buildings

Front earthquake
Pron ['ɜːrθkweɪk]
Back 【EARTHQUAKE】
Many buildings were damaged or completely destroyed by the earthquake last night.
许多建筑物因昨晚的地震而损伤或全毁。
【重点词汇】
earthquake n. 地震
Vocab
earthquakeshaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

If you're visiting your friend in California and her house starts to shake, you might be experiencing an earthquake, which is the shaking of the surface of the earth that happens when there's movement deep underground.

Earthquake is one of those words that means exactly what it sounds like: the earth is quaking. Earthquakes happen along "fault lines," the places where the big plates of the earth meet and rub up against each other during volcanic activities. We also use earthquake metaphorically, to talk about something that causes a violent upheaval.

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