| 单词 | natural disaster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnatural disaster natural disaster n. a natural event that causes great damage or loss of life, such as an earthquake, hurricane, or flood. ΚΠ 1750 ‘Aminadab’ To B——p of L——n; on Let. to Clergy 5 That uncharitable Doctrine, that such natural Disasters were the Effect of the peculiar Sins of these unhappy People. 1826 Morning Chron. 10 May Nor was there any plague, famine, or natural disaster to account for so appalling a waste of life. 1942 Jones County Observer 21 Aug. Canteen members are trained..to participate in mass or group feeding for military or natural disaster emergencies. 2010 J. Withington Disaster! iv. 69 The storm..was the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the United States. < as lemmas |
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