epicenter的词源

英文词源

epicenter (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1885 in seismology, "point on the earth's surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake," from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).

中文词源

epicenter:震中

epi-, 在上,在中。center, 中间。

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