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tsunami

noun
 
🔊/tsuːˈnɑːmi/
🔊/tsuːˈnɑːmi/
(from Japanese)
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  1. an extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by an earthquake海啸
    • A tsunami early warning system was set up in Hawaii.在夏威夷建立了海啸预警系统。
    • The tsunami caused immeasurable damage.海啸造成了不可估量的损失。
    compare tidal wave
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTsunami is used before these nouns:
    • disaster
    • relief
    • survivor
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Japanese, from tsu ‘harbour’ + nami ‘wave’.