calamity

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An event resulting in great loss.
    — Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
  2. The distress that results from some disaster.
    — They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

词形变化

calamities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
calamitist calamity howler fiscalamity
相关词
calamitous calamitously

词源

From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).
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