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单词 calamity
释义 ca·lam·i·ty
\-əd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitat-, calamitas; akin to Latin incolumis unharmed, Greek kolobos docked — more at halt (lame)
1. : a state of deep distress or misery connected with major misfortune or loss
 < life is neither a pleasure nor a calamity — Agnes Repplier >
2. : an extraordinarily grave event marked by great loss and lasting distress and affliction
 < calamities of nature such as flood and drought — Notes & Queries on Anthropology >
Synonyms: see disaster
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