| 单词 | cataclysm |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kætəklizəm] |
| 解释 | n.剧变，灾难(常指大洪水或地震) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.剧变，灾难(常指大 洪水或地震)(any great upheaval; disaster) 【记】 cata(向下)+clysm(洗 )→洗掉→大洪水 【同】 同根词：catacomb(地 下墓穴); catalogue(分类目录) |
| 字源 | cataclysm (n.) 1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (引起巨大破坏的)巨变; 灾难(如: 大洪水和地震) = upheaval = disaster; (政治或社会的)巨变 【记】cata向下, clysm冲走－大洪水－灾难 【参】catacomb(n 地下墓穴) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自clyster 冲洗， 大洪水向下冲来，大灾难；cata-向下 collapse倒塌→911纽约世贸中心倒塌是灾难；catalysis 在催化作用下，产生剧变，大灾难很易形成 |
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