来自西班牙语 temblor,摇晃，晃动，来自拉丁语*tremulare,摇晃，源同 tremble.字母 r 脱落， 拼写参照 torpedo 词源。
英文词源
temblor (n.)
"earthquake," 1876, from American Spanish temblor "earthquake," from Spanish temblor, literally "a trembling," from temblar "to tremble," from Vulgar Latin *tremulare (see tremble (v.)).
实用例句
1. The temblor shut several copper refineries - at least temporarily - and will hurt commerce.
地震迫使智利多家铜矿关闭──至少是暂时关闭 ─ ─并将给商贸带来损失.
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2. The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.
地震仪对震动显示一个对应的锐波.
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3. The temblor was felt asas Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand.
地震有人认为,远在巴基斯坦, 越南和泰国.
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4. The violent temblor that happened 1976, make national economy of Tang Shan suffers annihilative loss.
1976年发生的强烈地震, 使唐山的国民经济遭受毁灭性损失.
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5. The nearly one - minute long temblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me.
