temblor

US [ˈtemblər]
UK [ˈtemblə(r)]
  • n.地震
Plural Form：temblors  Plural Form：temblores  

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temblor
n.
1.
地震an earthquake(= a sudden, violent shaking of the earth's surface)

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1.
The building where I stayed in Qinghai was a four-story concrete box that I had no doubt would be a one-story tomb in a temblor .
青海那座我曾经住过的四层混凝土建筑，如果遇到地震的话，无疑会成为一座一层高的坟墓。
qīng hǎi nà zuò wǒ céng jīng zhù guò de sì céng hùn níng tǔ jiàn zhù , rú guǒ yù dào dì zhèn de huà , wú yí huì chéng wéi yī zuò yī céng gāo de fén mù 。
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2.
(also known as a quake, tremor, or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
（又称地动、地振动）是地壳快速释放能量过程中造成的振动，期间会产生地震波。
( yòu chēng dì dòng 、 de zhèn dòng ) shì dì qiào kuài sù shì fàng néng liàng guò chéng zhōng zào chéng de zhèn dòng , qī jiān huì chǎn shēng dì zhèn bō 。
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3.
It was the earthquake warning alarms of the passengers' cellphones indicating that another temblor was imminent.
那是发自乘客们手机上的地震警报，预示着下一场地震正在临近。
nà shì fā zì chéng kè men shǒu jī shàng de dì zhèn jǐng bào , yù shì zhe xià yī chǎng dì zhèn zhèng zài lín jìn 。
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4.
They found the 2004 temblor decreased the length of a day by 6. 8 microseconds and shifted the North Pole a few centimeters.
他们发现，2004年印尼地震使一天缩短了6.8微秒，导致北极移动了几厘米。
tā men fā xiàn , èr líng líng sì nián yìn ní dì zhèn shǐ yī tiān suō duǎn le liù diǎn bā wēi miǎo , dǎo zhì běi jí yí dòng le jǐ lí mǐ 。
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5.
Note: The shaking of a 7. 0 temblor is roughly equivalent to one of the author's normal landings, so nothing new there.
注意：7级的地震大约相当于作者一次正常的着陆，所以没什么新鲜的。
zhù yì : qī jí de dì zhèn dà yuē xiāng dāng yú zuò zhě yī cì zhèng cháng de zhuó lù , suǒ yǐ méi shén me xīn xiān de 。
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6.
He ducked under a desk as the temblor struck with a force that cracked the walls, he recalled.
他回忆，地震震裂了墙壁，当时他躲到了一张桌子底下。
tā huí yì , dì zhèn zhèn liè le qiáng bì , dāng shí tā duǒ dào le yī zhāng zhuō zǐ dǐ xia 。
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7.
Technically, that strong shaking was an aftershock of the devastating 9. 0 temblor that hit the nation nearly a month ago.
严格的说，那次强震属于差不多一个月前袭击这个国家的灾难性9.0级地震的余震。
yán gé de shuō , nà cì qiáng zhèn shǔ yú chà bu duō yī gè yuè qián xí jī zhè ge guó jiā de zāi nàn xìng jiǔ diǎn líng jí dì zhèn de yú zhèn 。
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8.
Faults along the southern, Himalayan edge of Tibet present hazards as great as those underlying the Sichuan temblor, Ellis said.
的断裂层，西藏喜马拉雅山脉的边缘，存在着和四川地震下面情况同样巨大的危害，埃利斯说。
de duàn liè céng , xī zàng xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān mài de biān yuán , cún zài zhe hé sì chuān dì zhèn xià mian qíng kuàng tóng yàng jù dà de wēi hài , āi lì sī shuō 。
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9.
According to conventional earthquake wisdom, after shocks represent the ground's "relaxing" after the main temblor has rattled the land.
依照人们对地震的常识，馀震就是主震过后地表的「舒缓」行为。
yī zhào rén men duì dì zhèn de cháng shí , yú zhèn jiù shì zhǔ zhèn guò hòu dì biǎo de 「 shū huǎn 」 xíng wéi 。
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10.
Thousands of children were in class when the temblor hit Monday afternoon. Many of their schools collapsed on top of them.
周一下午地震时有成千的孩子在学校上课，许多的学校都倒塌并将他们埋起了。
zhōu yī xià wǔ dì zhèn shí yǒu chéng qiān de hái zi zài xué xiào shàng kè , xǔ duō de xué xiào dōu dǎo tā bìng jiāng tā men mái qǐ le 。
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