| 正面 | 6745.catastrophe 英 [kə'tæstrəfɪ]美 [kə'tæstrəfi]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 拿走了你的呼吸 go west 归西。n. 大灾难；大祸；惨败 例句： 1. They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。 catastrophe 大灾难cata-, 向下。-strophe, 转，词源同turn, tropical,storm.即急转而下的。 catastrophecatastrophe: see apostrophecatastrophe (n.)1530s, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama), from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophe "an overturning; a sudden end," from katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata "down" (see cata-) + strephein "turn" (see strophe). Extension to "sudden disaster" is first recorded 1748." |