English Dictionary

catastrophe

/kəˈtæstɹəfi/

noun

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.

The earthquake was a catastrophic event.

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.