temblor

temblor

英 [tem'blɔː]
　　美 ['tɛmblɚ]

n. （美）地震

中文詞源：

temblor 地震

來自西班牙語 temblor,搖晃，晃動，來自拉丁語*tremulare,搖晃，源同 tremble.字母 r 脫落， 拼寫參照 torpedo 詞源。

例句：

1. The temblor shut several copper refineries - at least temporarily - and will hurt commerce.
地震迫使智利多傢銅礦關閉──至少是暫時關閉 ─ ─並將給商貿帶來損失.

2. The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.
地震儀對震動顯示一個對應的銳波.

3. The temblor was felt asas Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand.
地震有人認為,遠在巴基斯坦, 越南和泰國.

4. The violent temblor that happened 1976, make national economy of Tang Shan suffers annihilative loss.
1976年發生的強烈地震, 使唐山的國民經濟遭受毀滅性損失.

5. The nearly one - minute long temblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me.
將近一分鐘的地震終於平息, 我的理智也逐漸恢復.