subsidence

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of becoming less active or severe. countable,uncountable
    — The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
  2. A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above. countable,uncountable
    — In the early hours of April 28, 1953, it was completely blocked by a subsidence, which caused the death of five persons, when a pair of semi-detached houses collapsed into the cavity.

词形变化

subsidences plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antisubsidence subsidence crater
相关词
subside

词源

Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere. Equivalent to subside + -ence.
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