英语词汇“earthquaking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

earthquaking

释义

▪ I. ˈearthquaking, vbl. n.
[f. earthquake + -ing¹; in first quot. f. earth n.¹ + quaking.]
†a. = earthquake (obs.).
b. The occurrence of earthquakes.
c. attrib.
c1400Mandeville viii. 84 When the Jewes hadden made the Temple, com an Erthe quakeng, and caste it doun.1883Pall Mall G. 6 Apr. 31/2 The constant earthquaking has ceased.
▪ II. ˈearthquaking, ppl. a.
[f. earth n.¹ + quaking; also f. earthquake + -ing².]
a. Causing the earth to shake. Also fig.
¶b. Subject to earthquakes.
1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 72 Jove shaking his earth⁓quaking haire.1820Shelley Witch Atl. xlii, The earth⁓quaking cataracts which shiver Their snow-like waters into golden air.1881Contemp. Rev. Apr. 570 But here amid earthquaking shocks Whirlwinds rave around the rocks.1881Athenæum 27 Aug., That..earth-quaking spot which was selected by the Spanish leader for the site of his capital (Lima).1887Illust. Lond. News 19 Mar. 306/3, I have travelled a good deal in earthquaking lands.

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