English Dictionary

catastrophe

IPA（発音記号）

/kəˈtæstɹəfi/

名詞

Any large and disastrous event of great significance. / (insurance) A disaster beyond expectations. / (narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.

日本語の意味

大規模で甚大な被害や損失をもたらす災害、大惨事 / 予想を超えた極めて破壊的な災害 / 物語において解決を導く劇的な転機、決定的な出来事

The sudden dam failure was an environmental catastrophe that displaced thousands.

突然のダム決壊は何千人もの人々を避難させた環境上の大惨事だった。

意味（1）

Any large and disastrous event of great significance.

Between these high lights accumulated disaster, social catastrophe.

意味（2）

(insurance) A disaster beyond expectations.

意味（3）

(narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.

Pat : he comes like the Cataſtrophe of the old Comedie : my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a ſighe like Tom o’ Bedlam.

意味（4）

(mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

catastrophes （ plural ）