单词 | earth throe |
释义 | > as lemmasearth throe a. With the sense ‘of or relating to the surface of the earth’, as earth movement, earth throe, etc. See also earth-rind n., earth tremor n. at Compounds 8b, earthdin n., earthquake n., etc. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xl. 525 Oft eorþstyrung gehwær fela burga ofhreas. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1117 Seo mycele eorðbyfung on Lumbardige, forhwan manega mynstras..& huses gefeollon. 1869 Nature 11 Nov. 54/2 It was the action of the earth-throe on the ocean which caused the greatest devastation. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. x. 133 Great masses of metamorphic rock..have resulted from..regional metamorphism, i.e. deep burial of rock masses..due to earth-movement. 1993 Omni Oct. 114/4 The noise is caused by seismic slips, or small earth movements, along fault lines. < as lemmas |
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