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Earthquake tsunami wave animation.

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繼承中古英語 erthequake,可以拆解為 earth +‎ quake。取代了中古英語 eorð byfung (地震),後者源自古英語 eorþbeofung (字面意思是土地搖動)

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earthquake (複數 earthquakes)

  1. 地震(由火山活動或地質斷層周圍的運動引起的地面震動)(自14世紀起)
    • 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. (行星地質學) 特指發生在地球上的地面震動 (20世紀起)
    • 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,頁號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) 唐突劇變;具嚴重破壞性的事件
    • 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 (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 earthquakes,現在分詞 earthquaking,一般過去時及過去分詞 earthquaked)

  1. (不及物) 發生地震
    • 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times,頁號 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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借自英語 earthquake;比較 yirdquauk

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earthquake (複數 earthquakes)

  1. 地震
    近義詞: yirdquauk