English-Thai Dictionary

catastrophe

N การเปลี่ยนแปลง อย่างรุนแรง ของ เปลือกโลก  cataclysm kan-pian-plang-yang-run-raeng-kong-pluea-klok

 

catastrophe

N ความล้มเหลว  failure fiasco kwam-lom-leol

 

catastrophe

N ความหายนะ  ภัยพิบัติ  calamity disaster kwam-hai-ya-na

 

catastrophe

N จุดจบ  จุด อวสาน  jud-job

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATASTROPHE, CATASTROPHY

n. 1. The change or revolution which produces the final event of a dramatic piece; or the unfolding and winding up of the plot, clearing up difficulties, and closing the play. The ancients divided a play into the protasis, epitasis, catastasis, and catastrophy; the introduction, continuance, heightening, and development or conclusion.
2. A final event; conclusion; generally, an unfortunate conclusion, calamity, or disaster.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATASTROPHE

Ca *tas "tro *phe, n. Etym: [L. catastropha, Gr.

 

1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune. The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London. Bp. Buret. The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward.

 

2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

 

3. (Geol.)

 

Defn: A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

catastrophe

ca tas tro phe |kəˈtastrəfē kəˈtæstrəfi | ▶noun an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: a national economic catastrophe | leading the world to catastrophe. • the denouement of a drama, esp. a classical tragedy. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘denouement ’): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn, ’ from kata- ‘down ’ + strophē ‘turning ’ (from strephein ‘to turn ’).

 

catastrophe theory

ca tas tro phe the o ry |kəˈtæstrəfi ˈθɪəri | ▶noun a branch of mathematics concerned with systems displaying abrupt discontinuous change.

 

Oxford Dictionary

catastrophe

catastrophe |kəˈtastrəfi | ▶noun 1 an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: an environmental catastrophe | [ mass noun ] : inaction will only bring us closer to catastrophe. • something very unfortunate or unsuccessful: the tax would be a catastrophe for the industry. 2 the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘denouement ’): from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē ‘overturning, sudden turn ’, from kata- ‘down ’ + strophē ‘turning ’ (from strephein ‘to turn ’).

 

catastrophe theory

ca ¦tas |tro ¦phe the ¦ory ▶noun [ mass noun ] a branch of mathematics concerned with systems displaying abrupt discontinuous change.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

catastrophe

catastrophe noun the flood of '82 was the worst catastrophe in the town's history: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, holocaust, havoc, ruin, ruination, tragedy; adversity, blight, trouble, trial, tribulation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

catastrophe

catastrophe noun the bush fires were the latest in a growing list of catastrophes: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, tragedy, blow, shock; adversity, blight, trouble, trial, tribulation, mishap, misfortune, mischance, misadventure, accident, failure, reverse, woe, affliction, distress; informal meltdown, whammy; archaic bale; Scottish archaic mishanter. ANTONYMS salvation, godsend.

 

French Dictionary

catastrophe

catastrophe n. f. nom féminin 1 Malheur brusque très grave. : Cette explosion est une catastrophe. SYNONYME désastre . 2 Accident causant la mort de plusieurs personnes. : Une catastrophe aérienne. SYNONYME drame . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom cataclysme, désastre naturel d ’une grande ampleur. LOCUTION En catastrophe En toute hâte. : Ils sont arrivés en catastrophe et nous ont dit qu ’ils étaient très en retard. Note Orthographique catastro ph e.

 

catastropher

catastropher v. tr. verbe transitif familier Bouleverser, consterner. : Leur départ l ’a catastrophé. SYNONYME atterrer . aimer Note Orthographique catastro ph er.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

catastrophe

ca tas tro phe /kətǽstrəfi / (! ca-は /kə /; 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖語源は 「転覆 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 大災害 , 大惨事 , 災禍 (disaster )▸ a major catastrophe 大規模災害 2 U C (一般的に )災難 , 不幸 (な事態 ), 不運 (misfortune ); 大失敗 ▸ suffer catastrophe in the war 戦禍をこうむる 3 〘劇 〙(悲劇の )大詰め , 破局 , カタストロフィ .～́ th è ory 〘数 〙カタストロフィ理論 .