cataclysm
英 [ˈkæt.ə.klɪ.zəm]
美 [ˈkæt̬.ə.klɪ.zəm]
为了记住单词“cataclysm”,可以采用联想记忆法:
将“cataclysm”分解为“cat-a-lysm”。联想一个场景:想象一只猫(cat)在一场大灾难(cata)中激发了催化(lysm)作用,导致整个场景发生剧烈变化。这样,“cataclysm”就与“大灾难”的形象联系起来,帮助记忆。
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cataclysm 大灾难cata-, 向下。-clysm, 冲洗,流,词源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。
- cataclysm (n.)
- 1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).
- 1. The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
- 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.
- 2. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
- 经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复.
- 3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
- 洪水淹没了整个山谷.
- 4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
- 没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜.
- 5. You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair.
- 你曾经恋爱过, 这并不意味是天翻地覆的变化, 并没有证明是件大事.