Earthquake

(noun.) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.

(noun.) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; 'selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees'.

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• An earthquake-proof steel palace for the Crown Prince of Japan is one of the modern applications of steel in architecture. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He has warned us twice, replied Justinian, as he walked out into the court with the poet; once by the earthquake, again by the springs. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• They have braved the storms and sieges of three thousand years, and have been shaken by many an earthquake, but still they stand. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It is of old a native of the East, sister of the tornado, the earthquake, and the simoon. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Plague, earthquake, and famine, And tumult and war, The wonderful coming Of Jesus declare! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Ah, you see, father, I was right about the earthquake last night! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The throes of a sort of moral earthquake were felt heaving under the hills of the northern counties. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It is as if a mighty earthquake had spent all its terrible forces upon this one little spot. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• What about the earthquake? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The hill might have been the bottom of the sea, once, and been lifted up, with its oyster-beds, by an earthquake--but, then, how about the crockery? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I feel as if there had been an earthquake, said Jo, as their neighbors went home to breakfast, leaving them to rest and refresh themselves. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I suppose you are thinking of the earthquake? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It was the dreaded voice of the earthquake, as they knew only too well; and, with a sudden impulse, all turned to fly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Then the earthquake occurred, and we heard the fall of the roof at the cliff entrance. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It must have been an age of great earthquakes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Jamaica is remarkable for earthquakes. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Dr. Woodward gives us another theory of earthquakes. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The Philosophical Transactions furnish us with abundance of histories of earthquakes, particularly one at Oxford in 1665, by Dr. Wallis and Mr. Boyle. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Gibbon couples the Justinian epidemic with the great comet of 531, and with the very frequent and serious earthquakes of that reign. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Do you intend Tamburlaine to represent earthquakes and volcanoes? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Later he stated that either the sea had once stood at a higher level, or that these strata had been raised by the force of earthquakes. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Storms and earthquakes that destroy telegraph systems, enemies that cut submarine cables, cannot prevent the sending of Marconigrams. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Riding through the town, we could see marks of the six Smyrnas that have existed here and been burned up by fire or knocked down by earthquakes. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The subterraneous waters may occasion earthquakes by their overflowing, cutting out new courses, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Indeed we have earthquakes occasionally, but not much to speak of. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Look how frequent are earthquakes at Santorin, yet people continue to live there. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Well, in spite of the benefits conferred, it is to be hoped Hephaistos won't interfere this time with his earthquakes. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Dr. Lister is of opinion that the material cause of thunder, lightning, and earthquakes, is one and the same, viz. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• At the same time the book contains interesting conjectures in reference to the relati on of earthquakes and volcanoes, and to the fact that comets travel in fixed orbits. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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