earthquake

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Earthquake tsunami wave animation.

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继承自中古英语 erthequake，可以拆解为 earth +‎ quake。取代了中古英语 eorð byfung (“地震”)，后者源自古英语 eorþbeofung (字面意思是“土地摇动”)。

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earthquake (复数 earthquakes)

  1. 地震（由火山活动或地质断层周围的运动引起的地面震动）（自14世纪起）
    • 1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book III, Canto II”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
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    • 2006 10月 6, Declan Walsh, The Guardian:
      Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
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  2. (行星地质学) 特指发生在地球上的地面震动 （20世纪起）
    • 1988, Jürgen Oberst, Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base”, 出自 The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, 卷 1, NASA，页号s 231–233:
      Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.
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    • 2006, Bruce A. Bolt, Earthquakes, Fifth Edition:
      The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes.
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  3. (比喻) 唐突剧变；具严重破坏性的事件
    • 2019 7月 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, 出自 Financial Times‎[1]:
      As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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    • 2024 3月 20, Jon Henley, “Leo Varadkar steps down as Irish prime minister in shock move”, 出自 The Guardian‎[2], →ISSN:
      Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise move described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the country.
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earthquake (第三人称单数简单现在时 earthquakes, 现在分词 earthquaking, 一般过去时及过去分词 earthquaked)

  1. (不及物) 发生地震
    • 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times，页号 129:
      Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.
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借自英语 earthquake；比较 yirdquauk。

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earthquake (复数 earthquakes)

  1. 地震
    近义词： yirdquauk
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