cataclysm
英 ['kætə,klɪz(ə)m]
美['kætəklɪzəm]
- n. 灾难；大洪水，地震；（社会政治的）大变动
词态变化
复数: cataclysms;形容词: cataclysmic;
中文词源
cataclysm 大灾难
cata-, 向下。-clysm, 冲洗，流，词源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
- 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
- 经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
- 洪水淹没了整个山谷.
来自辞典例句
- 4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
- 没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜.
来自辞典例句
- 5. You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair.
- 你曾经恋爱过, 这并不意味是天翻地覆的变化, 并没有证明是件大事.
来自辞典例句