earth shakingn.

Brit.

/ˈəːθ ˌʃeɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈərθ ˌʃeɪkɪŋ/

Forms: see earth n.¹ and shaking n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: earth n.¹, shaking n.

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + shaking n., after classical Latin terrae mōtus terremote n. Compare slightly earlier earth moving n. and earthquave n. Compare also earlier earthquaking n.

Earthquake activity; an earthquake or earth tremor.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > earthquake

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 299 Seint Mammertus..ordeyned solempne letanyes þat beeþ i-cleped þe Rogaciouns, aȝenst erþe schakynge [L. contra terrae motum] and tempest of weder.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxviii. 2 Ther was maad a greet ertheschakyng [E.V. erthe mouyng; L. terraemotus].

1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) vii. xv. 280 b In ytalye was an erth-sakynge that dured xl dayes.

1659 J. Canne (title) A two-fold Shaking Of the Earth... Also How, and in what manner this later Earth-Shaking may be according to Scripture-Prophesie.

1857 W. C. Milne Life in China iv. i. 393 Superstition is rife in ascribing these earth-shakings chiefly to the remissness of the priesthood.

1868 Sci. Amer. 9 Dec. 377/2 Explosive and inflammable gases which may be sufficient in quantity..to produce all the phenomena of volcanic eruptions and earth shakings.

1937 Sci. News-let. 19 June 397/1 There have been records of frequent earthquakes there, and the Indians had traditions of terrible earth-shakings before the white men came.

2001 A. M. Gunn Impact of Geol. on U.S. x. 212 Earlier codes provided for..the reinforcing of masonry structures in order to minimize the effects of severe earth shaking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earth shaking
释义	earth shakingn. Brit. /ˈəːθ ˌʃeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərθ ˌʃeɪkɪŋ/ Forms: see earth n.¹ and shaking n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: earth n.¹, shaking n. Etymology: < earth n.¹ + shaking n., after classical Latin terrae mōtus terremote n. Compare slightly earlier earth moving n. and earthquave n. Compare also earlier earthquaking n. Earthquake activity; an earthquake or earth tremor. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > earthquake earthdinOE earthquakinga1325 earthgrinec1325 earthquakea1350 earthquavea1382 earth movingc1384 earth shakinga1387 terremote1390 tremor1635 airquake1746 earth shock1816 temblor1876 quake1881 seism1883 macroseism1903 tremblor1913 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 299 Seint Mammertus..ordeyned solempne letanyes þat beeþ i-cleped þe Rogaciouns, aȝenst erþe schakynge [L. contra terrae motum] and tempest of weder. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxviii. 2 Ther was maad a greet ertheschakyng [E.V. erthe mouyng; L. terraemotus]. 1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) vii. xv. 280 b In ytalye was an erth-sakynge that dured xl dayes. 1659 J. Canne (title) A two-fold Shaking Of the Earth... Also How, and in what manner this later Earth-Shaking may be according to Scripture-Prophesie. 1857 W. C. Milne Life in China iv. i. 393 Superstition is rife in ascribing these earth-shakings chiefly to the remissness of the priesthood. 1868 Sci. Amer. 9 Dec. 377/2 Explosive and inflammable gases which may be sufficient in quantity..to produce all the phenomena of volcanic eruptions and earth shakings. 1937 Sci. News-let. 19 June 397/1 There have been records of frequent earthquakes there, and the Indians had traditions of terrible earth-shakings before the white men came. 2001 A. M. Gunn Impact of Geol. on U.S. x. 212 Earlier codes provided for..the reinforcing of masonry structures in order to minimize the effects of severe earth shaking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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