Uttal

  • UttalUSA:
    • IPA: [ˈɝθ.kweɪːk]
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈəːθkweɪk/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈɜː(r)θˌkweɪk/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.jordbävning {en}
2.jordskalv {ett}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

Exempel

  • 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.

Böjningsformer

Pluralearthquakes