詞源

繼承自中古英語 ，可以拆解為 +‎ 。取代了中古英語 (“地震”)，後者源自古英語 (字面意思是“土地搖動”)。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈɜːθkweɪk/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈɝθkweɪk/

• 音頻（美國）：

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• 韻部：-ɜː(ɹ)θkweɪk

名詞

(複數)

1. 地震（由火山活動或地質斷層周圍的運動引起的地面震動）（自14世紀起）
   • 1590, , “Book III, Canto II”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2006 10月 6, Declan Walsh, The Guardian:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (行星地質學) 特指發生在地球上的地面震動 （20世紀起）
   • 1988, Jürgen Oberst, Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base”, 出自 The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, 卷 1, NASA，頁號s 231–233:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2006, Bruce A. Bolt, Earthquakes, Fifth Edition:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. (比喻義) 唐突劇變；具嚴重破壞性的事件
   • 2019 7月 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, 出自 ‎:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2024 3月 20, Jon Henley, “Leo Varadkar steps down as Irish prime minister in shock move”, 出自 The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

動詞

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，一般過去時及過去分詞)

1. (不及物) 發生地震
   • 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times，頁號 129:

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

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

參見

延伸閱讀

• 在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en
• 在英語維基學院上的資料。維基學院 ^en
• 在維基共享資源上的資料。維基共享資源

異序詞

詞源

借自英語 ；比較 。

名詞

(複數)

1. 地震

   近義詞：