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单词 cataclysm
释义
cat·a·clysm (kătə-klĭzəm)
n.
1. A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
2. A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust.
3. A devastating flood.

[French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmos, deluge, from Greek kataklusmos, from katakluzein, to inundate : kata-, intensive pref.; see CATA- + kluzein, to wash away.]

cata·clysmic (-klĭzmĭk), cata·clysmal (-klĭzməl) adj.
cata·clysmi·cal·ly adv.
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