【英语时差8,16】智利地震如何使白天变短-上
时间：2019-02-23 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
英语课
Powerful earthquakes-like the ones in Haiti and Chile in 2010-leave destruction in their wake. Buildings collapse 1, many people are injured and killed. But the chaos 2 created by massive quakes isn’t limited to the regions where they happen. The Chilean earthquake, for example, was so powerful that it tilted 3 the earth’s axis 4 a few centimeters. What’s even more astonishing is that the quake shook time itself, causing our days to become a little shorter. How Is This Possible? As you may know, earthquakes happen when the tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust collide and grind against each other.
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
n.混乱，无秩序
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
v. 倾斜的
- Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
- She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。