Richter scale

英 [ˈrɪktə skeɪl]

美 [ˈrɪktər skeɪl]

n.  里氏震级，里克特震级(测量地震强度的标准)

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牛津词典

noun

• 里氏震级，里克特震级（测量地震强度的标准）
  a system for measuring how strong an earthquake is
  1. an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale
     里氏7.3级的地震

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 里克特震级;里氏震级
  The Richter scaleis a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is.
  1. An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
     昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。

双语例句

• This is the absolute value of human emotion& joyful events can sometimes register on the Richter scale as pure trauma; dreadful grief makes us some-times burst out laughing.
  这是人类情感的绝对价值&喜悦的大事，有时在芮氏地震仪上显示出彻底的创伤；而可怕的悲痛有时让我们突然大笑起来。
• An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
  昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。
• Possibility of a leak of radioactive material in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, that may be from the the earthquake of6.6 in Richter scale that will hit the region;
  芮氏规模6.6的地震将袭击日本本州的柏崎Kashiwazaki-Kariwa核电厂有可能发生泄漏的放射性的物质。
• The size of the earthquake itself, with that magnitude, according to the release of the earthquake wave energy flexibility to determine the size of magnitude, China's general use of the Richter scale.
  地震本身的大小，用震级表示，根据地震时释放的弹性波能量大小来确定震级，我国一般采用里氏震级。
• The huge tremor was also followed by at least three strong aftershocks, the strongest of which measured 4.8 on the Richter scale.
  大地震之后至少出现了三起余震，其中最强一次有里氏4.8级。
• The quake, which measured a revised 7.9 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey, was the most deadly suffered in China since 1976.
  美国地质调查局（GeologicalSurvey）已将此次地震规模修正为里氏7.9级，这是中国自1976年以来遭遇的最严重地震灾害。
• At least four people were injured when an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted northern Taiwan.
  台湾北部发生震度达芮氏规模六点二级的地震，至少已经有四个人受伤。
• But on December 27, international phone lines and internet connections across most of Asia almost collapsed when an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit off Taiwan's southern coast.
  但在2006年12月27日，连接多数亚洲国家的国际电话线路和互联网连接，由于一场震级为里氏6.7级的地震袭击台湾南部海域而几乎完全瘫痪。
• No quake with a Richter scale reading of over 9.0 has been recorded.
  里氏震级表9.0级以上的地震还没有过记录。
• The earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale shook Taiwan, causing severe damage to infrastructure in several cities.
  这个芮氏规模7.3的地震不但震撼了台湾，还在许多城市对基础建设造成严重的破坏。