داستان آبیدیک

earthquake


فارسی

1 عمومی:: زمین‌ لرزه‌، زلزله‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

2 :: زمین لرزه

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

english

1 general:: earthquake a sudden shaking of the earth’s surface: • The earthquake destroyed homes, telephone lines and roads. quake informal an earthquake – used especially in journalism: • More than 2000 people died when a quake hit the island of Flores. tremor a small movement in the earth’s surface in which the ground shakes slightly: • He was awoken by a series of tremors during the night. aftershock further movements in the earth’s surface that happen after a larger earthquake: • In the days after the earthquake, the area suffered a series of aftershocks. tsunami an ocean wave caused by an earthquake under the water: • There was no warning of the approaching tsunami.

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general:: noun tremors: Los Angeles has bad earthquakes.

Simple Definitions

3 general::   noun ADJ. big, great, huge, major, massive, severe | minor, small EARTHQUAKE + VERB happen, hit sth, occur, strike (sth) The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning. | shake sth The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district. | destroy sth, devastate sth, kill sb, leave sb homeless | measure sth an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale EARTHQUAKE + NOUN zone PREP. in a/the ~ The block of flats was destroyed in an earthquake. PHRASES the epicentre of an earthquake, the magnitude of an earthquake

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: earthquake adjectives big/large • This is the biggest earthquake ever recorded in this area. small • The town experiences dozens of small earthquakes every year. powerful (= with a lot of force ) • Flights were cancelled after a powerful earthquake shook the northwest of the country. a major earthquake (= very big ) • If a major earthquake hits a large city, millions could die. a minor earthquake (= a small one ) • Minor earthquakes are relatively common. a great/massive earthquake (= extremely big ) • 1906 is remembered for the great earthquake that destroyed San Francisco. a severe/devastating earthquake (= causing a lot of damage ) • The whole town was flattened by a devastating earthquake. verbs an earthquake happens ( also an earthquake occurs formal ) • Scientists cannot predict when an earthquake will occur. an earthquake hits/strikes a place (= happens in a particular place ) • The region was struck by a major earthquake last year. an earthquake destroys/damages something • The earthquake completely destroyed all the buildings on the island. an earthquake measures 5/6.4 etc on the Richter Scale • The earthquake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, left more than 20,000 homeless. phrases the magnitude of an earthquake (= how powerful it is ) • Measuring stations identify the location and magnitude of an earthquake within a few minutes of the event.

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