来自西班牙语 temblor,摇晃，晃动，来自拉丁语*tremulare,摇晃，源同 tremble.字母 r 脱落， 拼写参照 torpedo 词源。

1. The temblor shut several copper refineries - at least temporarily - and will hurt commerce.

地震迫使智利多家铜矿关闭──至少是暂时关闭 ─ ─并将给商贸带来损失.

2. The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.

地震仪对震动显示一个对应的锐波.

3. The temblor was felt asas Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand.

地震有人认为,远在巴基斯坦, 越南和泰国.

4. The violent temblor that happened 1976, make national economy of Tang Shan suffers annihilative loss.

1976年发生的强烈地震, 使唐山的国民经济遭受毁灭性损失.

5. The nearly one - minute long temblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me.

将近一分钟的地震终于平息, 我的理智也逐渐恢复.