| 单词 | catastrophe |
| 释义 | Word Frequency catastrophe(kəˈtæstrəfɪ) noun 1. a sudden, extensive, or notable disaster or misfortune 2. the denouement of a play, esp a classical tragedy 3. a final decisive event, usually causing a disastrous end 4. Also called: cataclysm any sudden and violent change in the earth's surface caused by flooding, earthquake, or some other rapid process Derived forms catastrophic (ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk) adjective catastrophically (ˌcataˈstrophically) adverb Word origin C16: from Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from strephein to turn |
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