英语词汇“silent earthquake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

silent earthquake n. (a) a major disturbance, upheaval, emotional event, etc., whose occurrence is apparent only to the person affected; (b) Geology a fracture or displacement of the earth's crust in which energy release is too slow (over a span of hours to months) to be perceived.

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1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. 19 That fearfull Love which trembled in his Eyes; and, with a silent Earthquake, shook his Soul.

1883 Outing Nov. 142/2 My enjoyment of..[these speculations] ended as if shocked by a silent earthquake, when two young ladies came out of the chemical-room and met me.

1957 T. McGrath Gates of Ivory 94 It should have been his own office building, but it wasn't... There was no door where there should have been one and for a moment he felt again an upsetness, as if reality had shifted, a silent earthquake of number and identity.

1974 Nature 25 Jan. 188/1 If the volume change which preceded the release of the short period energy were insufficient to initiate the shear melting instability, then such a 'silent earthquake' would most likely remain unreported.

2014 Observer (Nexis) 7 Sept. 20 A glimmer of hope comes in the recent discovery that some large earthquakes are preceded by strange ‘silent earthquakes’ that scientists call slow slip events.

单词	silent earthquake
释义	> as lemmas silent earthquake silent earthquake n. (a) a major disturbance, upheaval, emotional event, etc., whose occurrence is apparent only to the person affected; (b) Geology a fracture or displacement of the earth's crust in which energy release is too slow (over a span of hours to months) to be perceived. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. 19 That fearfull Love which trembled in his Eyes; and, with a silent Earthquake, shook his Soul. 1883 Outing Nov. 142/2 My enjoyment of..[these speculations] ended as if shocked by a silent earthquake, when two young ladies came out of the chemical-room and met me. 1957 T. McGrath Gates of Ivory 94 It should have been his own office building, but it wasn't... There was no door where there should have been one and for a moment he felt again an upsetness, as if reality had shifted, a silent earthquake of number and identity. 1974 Nature 25 Jan. 188/1 If the volume change which preceded the release of the short period energy were insufficient to initiate the shear melting instability, then such a 'silent earthquake' would most likely remain unreported. 2014 Observer (Nexis) 7 Sept. 20 A glimmer of hope comes in the recent discovery that some large earthquakes are preceded by strange ‘silent earthquakes’ that scientists call slow slip events. extracted from silentadj.n. < as lemmas
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