epicenter

英式音标：['epɪsentə]

美式音标：['epɪˌsentə]

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概况：

n. 震中；中心

词义：

n.

震中，中心，集中点；

英英释义

epicenter[ 'episentə ]

n.the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

同义词：epicentre

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

A lot of Tibetan live in the epicenter, together with Qiang and Han.
许多西藏人就住在震中，跟汉族羌族一道。

Thanks to planes, some food and tents were sent on time to the epicenter.
多亏了飞机把食物和帐篷及时送到震中。

China happened to be the epicenter of the SARS breakout this year.
中国恰巧是今年非典的中心。

The epicenter of the quake was situated at Chi-Chi in central Taiwan.
这次的震央处于台湾中心的集集。

权威例句

Epigenetics at the epicenter of modern medicine.

Epicenter distribution and focal mechanisms of the Cerro Prieto seismic zone

Epigenetics--an epicenter of gene regulation: histones and histone-modifying enzymes.

Epigenetics—An Epicenter of Gene Regulation: Histones and Histone‐Modifying Enzymes

ULF magnetic field measurements near the epicenter of the Ms 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake

Low-frequency magnetic field measurements near the epicenter of the M s 7.1 Loma Prieta Earthquake

Avian serology in a St. Louis encephalitis epicenter before, during, and after a widespread epidemic in south Florida, USA

Varying rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at prevention epicenter hospitals

Oncogenic properties of PPM1D located within a breast cancer amplification epicenter at 17q23

Demyelination and Schwann cell responses adjacent to injury epicenter cavities following chronic human spinal cord injury

同义词：hub,focus

同根词：epicentre

英语词源：

epicenter (n.)

1885 in seismology, "point on the earth's surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake," from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).

造句：

1. earthquake epicenter

地震震中

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2. epicenter intensity

震中烈度

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3. instrumental epicenter

仪器测定震中

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4. epicenter location routine

震中定位程序

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5. microseismic epicenter

微观震中

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6. epicenter distribution

震中分布

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7. macroscopic epicenter

宏观震中

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8. epicenter migration

震中迁移

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9. epicenter azimuth

震中方位角

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10. distance from epicenter

震源距

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