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单词 calamity
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ca•lam•i•ty /kəˈlæmɪti/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ties. 
  1. a great misfortune or disaster:suffered from one calamity after another: disease, war, famine, and drought.
ca•lam•i•tous, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ca•lam•i•ty  (kə lami tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. 
  1. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
  2. grievous affliction;
    adversity;
    misery:the calamity of war.
  • Latin calamitāt- (stem of calamitās), perh. akin to incolumitās safety
  • Middle French
  • late Middle English calamite 1375–1425
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reverse, blow, catastrophe, cataclysm; mischance, mishap. See disaster. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
calamity /kəˈlæmɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
  1. a disaster or misfortune, esp one causing extreme havoc, distress, or misery
  2. a state or feeling of deep distress or misery
Etymology: 15th Century: from French calamité, from Latin calamitās; related to Latin incolumis uninjured
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