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单词 water-quake
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water-quaken.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəkweɪk/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌkweɪk/, /ˈwɑdərˌkweɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., quake n.
Etymology: < water n. + quake n., after earthquake n.
A seismic disturbance on the sea floor, or experienced at sea. Also: a sudden flood, massive wave, etc., reminiscent of that caused by an earthquake.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > earthquake > quake in sea
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1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1039/2 On the Saterday after..chaunced an other earthquake, or as some write, a watershake [margin] waterquake.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 500 Wittles-mere..doth somtimes in..faire weather sodainely rise tempestuously, as it were into violent water-quakes.
1755 H. Walpole Let. 25 Nov. in Corr. (1941) IX. 179 There have been lately such earth-quakes and water-quakes.
1762 Gentleman's Mag. 32 291/2 A water-quake was felt at Bergen in Norway.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 419 Earthquakes and waterquakes are also the attendants of these fractures.
1904 Country Life 29 Oct. 648/2 Suddenly there was a terrific water-quake.
1964 J. Lofthouse Countrygoer in Dales 76 This was ‘John Symondson's house’, a survivor of a disastrous waterquake which swept away houses and bridges before it in a mighty flood.
2008 J. Jeney Unnatural Sights xxvii. 324 Another water quake destabilized the ship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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