aftershock

noun

1. （地震后的）余震
   a small earthquake that happens after a bigger one

1. 余震
   Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
2. N-COUNT 余悸
   People sometimes refer to the effects of an important event, especially a bad one, as the aftershock .
   1. They were already under stress, thanks to the aftershock of last year's drought.
      去年遭受的旱灾让他们心有余悸、倍感忧虑。

1. They were already under stress, thanks to the aftershock of last year's drought.
   去年遭受的旱灾让他们心有余悸、倍感忧虑。
2. They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.
   他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。
3. The aftershock was said to have lasted for about a minute and many high-rises in Chengdu rocked slightly.
   据说余震持续了大约一分钟，成都一些高层建筑都有轻微晃动。
4. The United States Geological Survey says a 7.8 magnitude aftershock hit northern Chile late Wednesday night, local time.
   美国地质调查局表示，智利当地时间周三午夜，一场7.8级的余震袭击了智利的北部地区。
5. Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.
   周四晚日本再次遭遇了强烈的余震，并拉响海啸警报，这距离上次被地震和海啸扫平了东北海岸将近一个月的时间。
6. The 8.6 magnitude earthquake and an 8.2 magnitude aftershock had raised fears of a repeat of the disaster that struck in 2004 when an earthquake triggered a tsunami that claimed the lives of 230,000 people across 13 Indian Ocean nations.
   这起8.6级的地震，以及随后发生的8.2级余震，引起了人们对2004年的灾难再次发生的恐惧，当时地震爆发后引发了海啸，在印度洋沿岸13个国家共造成23万人死亡。
7. Xinhua said a 3.7-magnitude aftershock Saturday evening resulted in the death of a two-year-old child.
   新华社说，上周六晚上发生的一次3.7级余震导致一名两岁儿童死亡。
8. A forecast of a strong aftershock in Sichuan province late on Monday prompted panic among the local residents as well as in the neighboring Chongqing municipality and Guizhou province.
   先前的上周一的强烈的在四川省的余震不但迅速给当地的居民带来了恐慌还波及了邻近的重庆直辖市和贵州省。
9. Even now, as I write these words, the hotel is swaying from yet another aftershock.
   就在现在，在我写这些话的时候，酒店在又一场余震中晃动起来。
10. The results about the complex focus of Tangshan earthquake in1976 are more accordant with aftershock distribution picture at early period of the earthquake.
    1976年唐山地震复杂震源模式与该震早期余震分布图像更相符。
11. These results provide key appraisal for future assessments of earthquake hazards of the Longmenshan fault zone and aftershock occurrences.
    这项研究成果将为评价龙门山断裂带余震和今后强震发展趋势提供关键构造物理参数。
12. The aftershock frequency decreases regularly with time.
    余震的频度随时间有规律地减少。
13. We're feeling an aftershock right now, Kiran.
    我们刚刚感觉到了余震。
14. However, Chinese people have not fully recovered from the aftershock of the CNN's biased reports.
    但是，中国人民还未完全从CNN的报道影响中恢复过来。
15. Events with Depths Larger than 30km in the 2008 Wenchuan Aftershock Sequence: A Possible Direct Evidence
    汶川地震序列中较大深度余震的一种可能的直接观测证据
16. Analysis on the Temporal& Spatial Variation and the Influence Degree of the Aftershock of the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake
    汶川Ms8.0地震余震时空变化及影响度分析
17. Study on the Sectional Features of the Aftershock Sequence of the Wenchuan M_S8.0 Earthquake
    汶川8.0级地震序列活动的分段性研究
18. The government is warning a strong aftershock is still possible.
    政府发出警告说强烈的余震仍将有可能发生。
19. The tremor is an aftershock of the March11th quake.
    此次地震是3月11日大地震的余震。
20. Some problems about the biggest aftershock prediction by the Corioli force effect have been discussed.
    对用科里奥利力效应预测余震最大强度的某些问题进行了讨论。
21. Tens of thousands of people rushed from their homes after the government warned of a possible major aftershock.
    在政府警告将有一个可能发生的大余震后，数万人离开了自己的家。
22. Seismic Triggering and the Aftershock Distribution of the Wenchuan M8.0 Earthquake
    汶川8.0级地震触发与余震活动空间分布研究
23. Distribution characteristics and migration regularity of strong aftershock of Tangshan earthquake
    调强放射治疗中强度分布优化方法的研究唐山地震强余震分布特征和迁移规律
24. No foreshock emerged before the earthquake, and its aftershock kept up for a long time.
    此次地震没有明显的前震，并且余震连续不断地发生。
25. But sovereign debt problems are a typical aftershock of any wave of international financial crises.
    但主权债务问题是国际金融危机的典型后遗症。
26. The7.1-magnitude aftershock was the most powerful to have struck Japan since an earthquake triggered a huge tsunami last month.
    这次7.1级的余震是自上月的大地震引发海啸以来最强烈的余震。
27. After the aftershock, looked at a rocky children, we have become more aware of our task.
    余震过后，看着一个个惊魂未定的孩子们，我们更加意识到我们的任务有多重。

noun

1. a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake