Tsunami的意思|Tsunami的解释-里氏词典

tsunami [tsu'nɑ:mi]

n. 海啸

tsunami

[ noun ]
a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
<noun.event>
a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes

Tidal wave \Tid"al wave\, n.
1. an unusually high wave from the sea, sometimes reaching
far inland and causing great destruction, and usually
caused by some event, such as an earthquake, far from the
shore. In Japan, such a wave is called a {tsunami}.
[PJC]

2. [fig.] an unusually large quantity of items or events
requiring attention and causing strain on the capacity to
handle them; as, a tidal wave of orders for a new product;
a tidal wave of tourists.
[PJC]

The earthquake was felt at Shemya Air Force Base, near Attu in the sparsely populated Aleutian chain, but was not large enough to generate a tidal wave, also called a tsunami, officials said.
It was not strong enough to generate a tsunami, or tidal wave, he added.
"Everbody's felt it," Jorgenson said. "We received calls from Homer, Kenai, Palmer and Anchorage." He said there was no danger of a tsunami _ tidal waves that can be generated by quakes.
The tsunami took about 20 minutes to travel the approximate 24 miles from Santa Cruz to Monterey, he said.
It didn't cause a tsunami, or tidal wave, Mass said.
The quake was not strong enough to generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, or tidal wave, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu.
The earthquake that walloped Northern California in October triggered a four-foot-high tsunami, a huge undersea landslide and a feeding frenzy by fish in Monterey Bay, scientists say.
Toshio Akiyama, head of the meteorological agency's earthquake and tsunami observation division, said the quake's impact was blunted by its distance from shore.
He said the quake didn't cause a tsunami, sometimes called a tidal wave.

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