英语词汇“catastrophe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

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单词	catastrophe
释义	ca·tas·tro·phe I. \kəˈtastrə(ˌ)fē, -aas-, -ais-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- cata- + strephein to turn — more at strophe 1. a. : the final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play, especially a tragedy : denouement < pat he comes like the catastrophe of the old comedy — Shakespeare > < the need for some element of reconciliation in a tragic catastrophe — A.C.Bradley > b. : a similar action in a novel or story < the novel's catastrophe did not occur until the closing scene > 2. : a momentous tragic usually sudden event marked by effects ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin : disaster < the catastrophe of war > < what catastrophe had overwhelmed them — Willa Cather > 3. Scotland : broken pieces (as of china) — usually used in plural 4. : a violent and sudden change in a feature of the earth — compare catastrophism 1 5. : utter failure : fiasco < monuments, most of them artistic catastrophes — Robert O'Brien > 6. : death (as from an inexplicable cause) before, during, or after an operation Synonyms: see disaster II. noun : a violent usually destructive natural event (as a supernova)
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