1885 in seismology, "point on the earth's surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake," from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).
权威例句
1. The point on the earth's surface directly above is called the epicenter.
地表上直接对着震源的那一点称为震中.
2. Dishui Lake is a landscape and ecological epicenter of the area.
滴水湖是这个中央区域的风景和生态中心.
3. At the end of the second swing Epicenter will start.
最后一秒,震地会开始.
4. The epicenter of the quake was situated at Chi - Chi in central Taiwan.
这次的震央处于台湾中心的集集.
5. A star marks the unlikely epicenter of china's second - city explosion.