earthquake

noun

/ˈɜːθkweɪk/

/ˈɜːrθkweɪk/

(also informal quake)

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a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface地震
- a devastating/massive/powerful earthquake毁灭性/大规模/强大的地震
- The earthquake measured 68 on the Richter scale.地震以里氏震级计为68。
- I was asleep when the earthquake struck.地震来了，我睡着了。
- in a/the earthquake Much of the town was destroyed in the earthquake.该镇的大部分地区在地震中被摧毁。
- earthquake victims/survivors地震受害者/幸存者
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- It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the US.这是美国历史上有记录的最强地震。
- The area has not experienced a major earthquake in more than 700 years.700 多年来，这一地区没有发生过大地震。
- The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.凌晨 2 点钟，这个城市发生了地震。
- The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district.地震使得整个商业区的大楼都震动。
- The school was built to withstand earthquakes.学校是按照能抗震的标准建造的。
- You can't accurately predict earthquakes.地震是无法准确预测的。
- an organization which monitors earthquake activity地震活动监测机构
- the evacuation of coastlines within 600 miles of the earthquake's epicentre/epicenter距离震中 600 英里内的海岸线地带的疏散
- The tsunami was caused by an undersea earthquake.海啸是由海底地震引起的。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- huge
- …
verb + earthquake
- cause
- trigger
- experience
- …
earthquake + verb
- happen
- hit (something)
- occur
- …
earthquake + noun
- activity
- zone
- survivor
- …
preposition
- in an/the earthquake
phrases
- the epicentre/epicenter of an earthquake
- the magnitude of an earthquake
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