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seismic adj.地震的 (1) 大多数物质都具有不同的地震的特性。(2) 经测定，这次地震的烈度为七级。 The English language has a long and proud tradition of stealing scientific words and applying them in all sorts of ways that scientists probably wish they didn't: Darwinian, tempestuous, evolutionary — to name but three. It's the same with seismic, which is now far more likely to be applied to political or psychological turmoil than anything to do with the earth opening up and molten hot lava spewing out.

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英 ['saɪzmɪk] 美 ['saɪzmɪk] (1) Most materials have different seismic properties.(2) This earthquake measured 7 according to the seismic survey. For the ancient Greeks, "seismos" meant an earthquake. Later on, when the study of earthquakes became a science, anything seismic meant anything related to the study of the pressures in the Earth's crust. 1[ADJ 形容词]地震的；地震引起的 Seismic means caused by or relating to an earthquake.   [ADJ n]Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves...地震产生两种地震波。The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。2[ADJ 形容词](转变、变化)突如其来的，巨大的，急剧的 A seismic shift or change is a very sudden or dramatic change.   [usu ADJ n]I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time.我从未见过公众舆论在如此短的时间内发生如此巨大的转变。

英语单词	seismic
英美音标	英 ['saɪzmɪk] 美 ['saɪzmɪk]
中文释义	adj.地震的
英语例句	(1) Most materials have different seismic properties. (2) This earthquake measured 7 according to the seismic survey.
中文例句	(1) 大多数物质都具有不同的地震的特性。 (2) 经测定，这次地震的烈度为七级。
vocabulary简明	For the ancient Greeks, "seismos" meant an earthquake. Later on, when the study of earthquakes became a science, anything seismic meant anything related to the study of the pressures in the Earth's crust.
vocabulary扩展	The English language has a long and proud tradition of stealing scientific words and applying them in all sorts of ways that scientists probably wish they didn't: Darwinian, tempestuous, evolutionary — to name but three. It's the same with seismic, which is now far more likely to be applied to political or psychological turmoil than anything to do with the earth opening up and molten hot lava spewing out.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]地震的；地震引起的 Seismic means caused by or relating to an earthquake. [ADJ n] Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves... 地震产生两种地震波。 The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya. 肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。 2 [ADJ 形容词](转变、变化)突如其来的，巨大的，急剧的 A seismic shift or change is a very sudden or dramatic change. [usu ADJ n] I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time. 我从未见过公众舆论在如此短的时间内发生如此巨大的转变。

Seismic Meant Earthquake Study Adj 形容词 N Shift