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disaster n.灾难，大不幸 disaster (n.) 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet. 【记】dis 不好的 + aster 源自star的排序变化，星象， 看星象是个灾象，天灾；音：地砸死他 天上掉下星星砸死地上的他【相关】astronomy 天文学(研究星星的)

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[di'zɑ:stə] 【英】 n.灾难，大不幸 (calamity; catastrophe, cataclysm)【记】 dis+aster(星星)→星 位不正 →灾难【同】 同根词：asterisk(星 号)；asteroid(星状 的) n. (偶发的大范围的)灾难 = calamity = catastrophe = cataclysm【记】dis反, aster星－星位不正－预示着灾难【参】asterisk(n 星号); asteroid(adj 星状的); disastrous(adj 损失惨重的; 灾难性的)

单词	disaster
音标	[di'zɑ:stə]
解释	n.灾难，大不幸
红宝书	【英】 n.灾难，大不幸 (calamity; catastrophe, cataclysm) 【记】 dis+aster(星星)→星位不正 →灾难【同】同根词：asterisk(星号)；asteroid(星状的)
字源	disaster (n.) 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
不择手段背单词	n. (偶发的大范围的)灾难 = calamity = catastrophe = cataclysm 【记】dis反, aster星－星位不正－预示着灾难【参】asterisk(n 星号); asteroid(adj 星状的); disastrous(adj 损失惨重的; 灾难性的)
趣味全助记	【记】dis 不好的 + aster 源自star的排序变化，星象，看星象是个灾象，天灾；音：地砸死他天上掉下星星砸死地上的他【相关】astronomy 天文学(研究星星的)

Disaster N.灾难，大不幸 Calamity Di'zɑ:Stə 英 Catastrophe Cataclysm 记