| 释义 |
moonquake Astr.|ˈmuːnkweɪk|
[f. moon n.1 after earthquake.]
A tremor of the moon's surface. (In quot. 1940 a poet. nonce-use.)
1940R. Graves No More Ghosts 41 The pallid sky heaved with a moon-quake. 1953Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. XII. 66 The work which such an expedition could do is then described: amongst other things, artificial ‘moon⁓quakes’ would be set off by explosives, so that seismic records could be made. 1961Flight LXXIX. 427/2 Other scientific instruments aboard the Surveyor will include a sensitive seismometer to record moonquakes or meteorite impacts. 1968Observer 29 Dec. 17/3 The astronauts will place on the surface an instrument to register moonquakes. 1970Nature 5 Dec. 906/1 It is now clear..that tidal strain is causing moonquakes when the Moon is at its nearest to the Earth. 1973Telegraph (Brisbane) 13 Mar. 14/1 A seismologist has said that for some mysterious reason almost all moonquakes occur only in two separate belts on the moon. |