devastation

Oxford American Dictionary
devastation
- IPA[ˌdevəˈstāSH(ə)n]
美式
- n.
  
  great destruction or damage；severe and overwhelming shock or grief
- noun: devastation, plural noun: devastations
- 釋義
n.
名詞
1. great destruction or damage the floods caused widespread devastation 同義詞 destruction, ruin, desolation, depredation, waste, ... 更多havoc, wreckage, ruins, ravages, laying waste, destruction, wrecking, ruination, despoliation, ransacking, ravaging, demolition, razing, leveling, flattening, annihilation, literaryrape, shock, trauma, upheaval, distress, stress, strain, pain, anguish, suffering, upset, agony, misery, sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, torture, traumatization
2. severe and overwhelming shock or grief she spoke of her devastation at his death
- 更多解釋
devastation
IPA[ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃn]
英式
n.
great destruction or damage: the floods caused widespread devastation
Oxford Dictionary

Yahoo香港字典搜尋