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aftershock
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural aftershocks
plural aftershocks
Learner's definition of AFTERSHOCK
[count]
: a smaller earthquake that occurs after a larger one余震 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- The first aftershock came just minutes after the earthquake.地震发生后仅几分钟就出现了第一次余震
- He still suffers from the aftershocks of being laid off.他至今还没从下岗的冲击波中缓过劲来。
aftershock
noun
af·ter·shock ˈaf-tər-ˌshäk 
Example Sentences
The first aftershock came just minutes after the earthquake.
Recent Examples on the Web The Wag-athon, meanwhile, appears set to roll on for days yet as British news sites raced to post live updates to capture every last aftershock from the verdict, with The Sun leading the pack. 
James Hookway, WSJ, 29 July 2022 And a subsequent aftershock on Friday added to the toll. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022 Exactly three hours later — at 8:44 p.m. — a 3.1 aftershock was reported in the same area. Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2022 About an hour later, a magnitude 6.6 aftershock was reported in the same area, followed throughout the morning by about a dozen aftershocks with many magnitude 4.0 or higher. Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022 This could be the aftershock of the stablecoin implosion, which sowed fear and scared many investors off of cryptos. Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 2 June 2022 On Twitter, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said Wednesday's quake could be considered an aftershock of the one that caused the 2011 tsunami. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022 While the aftershock of Sunday’s Oscars controversy continues to unfold, the enduring impact of the event has pushed the autoimmune disease, alopecia areata, to the forefront of health discussions. Aley Arion, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022 The earthquake was not an aftershock, Holtkamp said. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2022 See More
James Hookway, WSJ, 29 July 2022 And a subsequent aftershock on Friday added to the toll. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022 Exactly three hours later — at 8:44 p.m. — a 3.1 aftershock was reported in the same area. Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2022 About an hour later, a magnitude 6.6 aftershock was reported in the same area, followed throughout the morning by about a dozen aftershocks with many magnitude 4.0 or higher. Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022 This could be the aftershock of the stablecoin implosion, which sowed fear and scared many investors off of cryptos. Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 2 June 2022 On Twitter, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said Wednesday's quake could be considered an aftershock of the one that caused the 2011 tsunami. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022 While the aftershock of Sunday’s Oscars controversy continues to unfold, the enduring impact of the event has pushed the autoimmune disease, alopecia areata, to the forefront of health discussions. Aley Arion, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022 The earthquake was not an aftershock, Holtkamp said. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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