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

adj

For the ancient Greeks, "seismos" meant an earthquake. Later on, when the study of earthquakes became a science, anything seismic meant anything related to the study of the pressures in the Earth's crust.

The English language has a long and proud tradition of stealing scientific words and applying them in all sorts of ways that scientists probably wish they didn't: Darwinian, tempestuous, evolutionary — to name but three. It's the same with seismic, which is now far more likely to be applied to political or psychological turmoil than anything to do with the earth opening up and molten hot lava spewing out.

WORD FAMILY

seismic: seismically+/microseism: microseisms/seism: microseism, seismal, seismic

USAGE EXAMPLES

And unless there’s some seismic improvement, Miami’s NBA draft lottery odds might look pretty good as well.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The seismic zone extends for about 30 miles from the city of Brawley, across the Salton Sea’s southern half, and ends near Bombay Beach.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)

But in retrospect the seismic shocks of 2016, both political and environmental, lent greater urgency to her nightmare vision.

The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)

adj subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration

Syn

seismal
unstable

lacking stability or fixity or firmness

单词	seismic
释义	seismic (once / 7256 pages) adj For the ancient Greeks, "seismos" meant an earthquake. Later on, when the study of earthquakes became a science, anything seismic meant anything related to the study of the pressures in the Earth's crust. The English language has a long and proud tradition of stealing scientific words and applying them in all sorts of ways that scientists probably wish they didn't: Darwinian, tempestuous, evolutionary — to name but three. It's the same with seismic, which is now far more likely to be applied to political or psychological turmoil than anything to do with the earth opening up and molten hot lava spewing out. WORD FAMILY seismic: seismically+/microseism: microseisms/seism: microseism, seismal, seismic USAGE EXAMPLES And unless there’s some seismic improvement, Miami’s NBA draft lottery odds might look pretty good as well. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The seismic zone extends for about 30 miles from the city of Brawley, across the Salton Sea’s southern half, and ends near Bombay Beach. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) But in retrospect the seismic shocks of 2016, both political and environmental, lent greater urgency to her nightmare vision. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) adj subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration Syn seismal unstable lacking stability or fixity or firmness
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