catastrophe
灾难,大祸(cata+strophe 转→转下去→灾难临头)
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catastrophe
/ kE5tAstrEfi /
◙ noun1. an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster• (常突如其来的)大灾难;大灾祸 »an environmental catastrophe. 环境大灾难。 »[mass noun] leading the world to catastrophe. 将世界引入劫难。 the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy• (尤指古典悲剧的)结局【语源】
1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'denouement'): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē 'overturning, sudden turn', from kata- 'down' + strophē 'turning' (from strephein 'to turn')
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