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earthquake n.地震 (1) 地震震动房屋。(2) 伊朗发生了一次可怕的地震。 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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英 ['ɜːθkweɪk] 美 ['ɜːrθkweɪk] (1) The earthquake rocked the houses.(2) There has been a dreadful earthquake in Iran. 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]地震 An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the earth's crust.

英语单词	earthquake
英美音标	英 ['ɜːθkweɪk] 美 ['ɜːrθkweɪk]
中文释义	n.地震
英语例句	(1) The earthquake rocked the houses. (2) There has been a dreadful earthquake in Iran.
中文例句	(1) 地震震动房屋。 (2) 伊朗发生了一次可怕的地震。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]地震 An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the earth's crust.

Earthquake Earth Shaking Movement 英 ɜːθkweɪk] 美 ɜːrθkweɪk N.地震