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单词 epicentre
释义

epicentre


DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    the place where something unpleasant is felt most strongly and from where it can spread to other areas
    The first Australians evacuated from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, have touched down on Christmas Island.
    In Greece – the epicentre of the eurozone debt crisis – the cost of heating oil has soared with new taxes, leading more and more people to burn wood to keep warm.
    Submitted by:
    Dilara from Russian Federation on 18/02/2020

epicentre

UK /ˈepɪˌsentə(r)/

Word Forms

singularepicentre
pluralepicentres

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    the area of land directly over the centre of an earthquake
    Synonyms and related words

    Earthquakes
  2. 2
    the place where something unpleasant is felt most strongly and from where it can spread to other areas
    The first Australians evacuated from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, have touched down on Christmas Island.
    In Greece – the epicentre of the eurozone debt crisis – the cost of heating oil has soared with new taxes, leading more and more people to burn wood to keep warm.
    Submitted by:
    Dilara from Russian Federation on 18/02/2020

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