| 单词 | calamity |
| 释义 | calamity /keuh lam"i tee/, n. , pl. calamities. 1. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. 2. grievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war. [1375-1425; late ME calamite < MF < L calamitat- (s. of calamitas), perh. akin to incolumitas safety] Syn. 1. reverse, blow, catastrophe, cataclysm; mischance, mishap. See disaster. |
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