cataclysm
英 ['kætə,klɪz(ə)m]
美['kætəklɪzəm]
- n. 灾难；大洪水，地震；（社会政治的）大变动
英英释意
- 1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
- 2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
- "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
- "the earthquake was a disaster"