catastrophe 音标拼音: [kət'æstrəfi]
n . 大灾难,大祸
大灾难,大祸
catastrophe 大事故
catastrophe n 1 :
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune ; "
the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity "; "
the earthquake was a disaster " [
synonym : {
calamity }, {
catastrophe },
{
disaster }, {
tragedy }, {
cataclysm }]
2 :
a state of extreme (
usually irremediable )
ruin and misfortune ; "
lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system "; "
his policies were a disaster " [
synonym :
{
catastrophe }, {
disaster }]
3 :
a sudden violent change in the earth '
s surface [
synonym :
{
catastrophe }, {
cataclysm }]
Catastrophe \
Ca *
tas "
tro *
phe \,
n . [
L .
catastropha ,
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
to turn up and down ,
to overturn ;
kata `
down ?
to turn .]
1 .
An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things ;
a final event ,
usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature ;
hence ,
sudden calamity ;
great misfortune .
[
1913 Webster ]
The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London .
--
Bp .
Burnet .
[
1913 Webster ]
The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw . --
Woodward .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece ;
a denouement ,
as a death in a tragedy ,
or a marriage in a comedy .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Geol .)
A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth ,
as ,
an elevation or subsidence of some part of it ,
effected by internal causes . --
Whewell .
[
1913 Webster ]
171 Moby Thesaurus words for "
catastrophe ":
Z ,
accident ,
action ,
anagnorisis ,
angle ,
apodosis ,
architectonics ,
architecture ,
argument ,
atmosphere ,
background ,
bad luck ,
bitter end ,
bloodless revolution ,
blow ,
bouleversement ,
breakdown ,
breaking up ,
breakup ,
calamity ,
casualty ,
cataclysm ,
cave ,
cave -
in ,
ceasing ,
cessation ,
characterization ,
clean slate ,
clean sweep ,
climax ,
coda ,
collapse ,
collision ,
color ,
completion ,
complication ,
computer revolution ,
conclusion ,
consummation ,
continuity ,
contretemps ,
contrivance ,
convulsion ,
counterrevolution ,
crack of doom ,
crack -
up ,
crash ,
culmination ,
curtain ,
curtains ,
death ,
debacle ,
decease ,
denouement ,
design ,
destination ,
destiny ,
development ,
device ,
disaster ,
doom ,
effect ,
end ,
end point ,
end result ,
ending ,
envoi ,
epilogue ,
episode ,
eschatology ,
expiration ,
fable ,
failure ,
falling action ,
fate ,
fiasco ,
final result ,
final solution ,
final twitch ,
final words ,
finale ,
finality ,
finis ,
finish ,
gimmick ,
goal ,
grief ,
ill hap ,
incident ,
izzard ,
last ,
last act ,
last breath ,
last gasp ,
last things ,
last trumpet ,
last words ,
latter end ,
line ,
local color ,
misadventure ,
mischance ,
misfortune ,
mishap ,
mood ,
motif ,
movement ,
mythos ,
nasty blow ,
omega ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
palace revolution ,
payoff ,
period ,
peripeteia ,
peroration ,
pileup ,
plan ,
plot ,
quietus ,
radical change ,
recognition ,
resolution ,
resting place ,
revolt ,
revolution ,
revolutionary war ,
revulsion ,
rising action ,
scheme ,
secondary plot ,
shipwreck ,
shock ,
slant ,
smash ,
smashup ,
spasm ,
staggering blow ,
stoppage ,
stopping place ,
story ,
striking alteration ,
structure ,
subject ,
subplot ,
subversion ,
swan song ,
sweeping change ,
switch ,
tabula rasa ,
technological revolution ,
term ,
terminal ,
termination ,
terminus ,
thematic development ,
theme ,
tone ,
topic ,
total change ,
total loss ,
tragedy ,
transilience ,
twist ,
upset ,
violent change ,
washout ,
windup ,
wrack ,
wreck
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