单词 | tremblor |
释义 | tremblorn. Originally and chiefly U.S. An earthquake or earth tremor. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > earthquake earthdinOE earthquakinga1325 earthgrinec1325 earthquakea1350 earthquavea1382 earth movingc1384 earth shakinga1387 terremote1390 tremor1635 airquake1746 earth shock1816 temblor1876 quake1881 seism1883 macroseism1903 tremblor1913 1913 C. C. Goodwin As I remember Them 193 He..received the sobriquet of ‘Earthquake’ Stewart, because of the theory that he put out, that the tremblors in California were caused..by.. electrical disturbances in the air and in the earth near the surface. 1925 N.Y. Times 1 July 2/2 Dr. U. S. Grant..does not agree with Prof. Goode that the same tremblors shook Montana and California. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 1/5 Today's shocks occurred in areas more than 100 miles removed from the lower coast line, where tremblors were felt yesterday. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. i. 10/5 Californians, long accustomed to earthquake jitters, have become concerned over a rapid-fire series of minor tremblors along a 20-miles stretch of the mysterious San Andreas Fault. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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