雅思词汇：自然现象

海啸:tsunami

参考例句：Our oceans are alive with earthquakes, volcanoes, and more recently,tsunamis 海中充满着地震 、 火山, 包括最近发生的海啸

山崩:landslide

参考例句：The mountain fell down and the river dried up 山崩川竭

泥石流:mud-rock flow

参考例句：Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages 最新报道说泥石流掩埋了整个整个的村庄

雪崩:avalanche

参考例句：Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche 哈利勒听到了雪崩传来的轰隆声

火山爆发:volcanic eruption

参考例句：A volcano erupted and propelled rocks high into the sky 火山爆发,把无数的石块抛向天空.

地震:earthquake/tremor

参考例句：The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran 地震带来的冲击波在德黑兰也能感觉到

海底地震:submarine earthquake

参考例句：A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcaniceruption 由海底地震或火山喷发而造成的巨大海浪

震级:magnitude/Richter scale

参考例句：The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a magnitude of 8.3 1906年旧金山地震的震级为8.3级

余震:aftershock

参考例句：Further tremors could level more buildings 余震可能会摧毁更多的建筑物

龙卷风:tornado/cyclone

参考例句：A tornado whirled into the town last week 龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市.

飓风:hurricane

参考例句：The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami 飓风的风眼袭击了佛罗里达州迈阿密正南部

沙尘暴:sandstorm

参考例句：His plane made a crash-landing during a sandstorm yesterday 昨天他的飞机在沙尘暴中紧急降落