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epicenter

英美 ['ɛpɪ,sɛntɚ]

解释

n. 震中；中心

※ 提供单词"epicenter"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

epicenter 震中

epi-, 在上，在中。center, 中间。

英文词源

epicenter (n.): 1885 in seismology, "point on the earth's surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake," from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).

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例句和用法

1. The point on the earth's surface directly above is called the epicenter.: 地表上直接对着震源的那一点称为震中.

2. Dishui Lake is a landscape and ecological epicenter of the area.: 滴水湖是这个中央区域的风景和生态中心.

3. At the end of the second swing Epicenter will start.: 最后一秒,震地会开始.

4. The epicenter of the quake was situated at Chi - Chi in central Taiwan.: 这次的震央处于台湾中心的集集.

5. A star marks the unlikely epicenter of china's second - city explosion.: 欢迎世界震中可能是一颗中国第二城爆炸.