Cataclysm
01
大灾难, 自然灾害
a sudden, violent natural disaster that drastically alters the earth's landscape
例子
Scientists point to an asteroid or comet impact as the leading theory for the cataclysm that wiped out the dinosaurs.
科学家们指出，小行星或彗星的撞击是导致恐龙灭绝的大灾难的主要理论。
02
大灾难, 灾变
a sudden or disastrous event that destroys or changes a whole region or system
语法信息
有生性状态
抽象
形态构成
复合词
可数
复数形式
cataclysms
例子
World War I represented a cataclysm that demolished long-standing political systems and redrew the map of Europe.
第一次世界大战代表了一场大灾难，它摧毁了长期存在的政治体系并重新绘制了欧洲地图。
词汇树
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysm
