Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
- (planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
- (figuratively) A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
Esimerkit
- Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
- Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | earthquakes |