Cataclysm



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.剧变, 灾难 ( 常指大洪水或地震)
• ［英］ n.剧变, 灾难 ( 常指大洪水或地震) ( any great upheaval; disaster)
• ［记］ cata ( 向下) +clysm ( 洗) -> 洗掉 -> 大洪水
• ［同］ 同根词: catacomb ( 地下墓穴) ; catalogue ( 分类目录)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmos, from Greek kataklysmos, from kataklyzein to inundate, from kata- + klyzein to wash — more at clyster
• Date: 1599
• 1. flood, deluge
• 2. catastrophe 3a
• 3. a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition; broadly an event that brings great changes
• ? cataclysmal or cataclysmic adjective
• ? cataclysmically adverb

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