cataclysm
英 ['k?t?,kl?z(?)m]
美['k?t?kl?z?m]
- n. 災難；大洪水，地震；（社會政治的）大變動
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?cataclysms;形容詞:?cataclysmic;
中文詞源
cataclysm 大災難
cata-, 向下。-clysm, 沖洗，流，詞源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。
英文詞源
- cataclysm (n.)
- 1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).
雙語例句
- 1. The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
- 死火山又重新噴發,對這座城市來說意味著大難臨頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
- 經歷了這場特大洪水,當地人民元氣大傷,很難恢復.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
- 洪水淹沒了整個山谷.
來自辭典例句
- 4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
- 沒有任何激變曾使整個世界變成荒蕪.
來自辭典例句
- 5. You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair.
- 你曾經戀愛過, 這并不意味是天翻地覆的變化, 并沒有證明是件大事.
來自辭典例句