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earthquake

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɜːθkweɪk//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɝθkweɪk//

A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

    Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.

    Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.

  2. 2

    Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.

    Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.

    The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes.

  3. 3

    übertragenA sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.

    As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

    Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise move described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the country.

Herkunft

From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”).

Verb

  1. 1

    To undergo an earthquake.

    Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.

Formen

Plural
earthquakes
Präteritum
earthquaked
Partizip II
earthquaked
Partizip I
earthquaking
3. Person Singular
earthquakes
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