English Dictionary

aftershock

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock"). / (figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.

日本語の意味

主震に続いて同じ地域で発生する余震 / 転じて、大きな出来事に続く結果や影響

The aftershock caught residents off guard as they began to repair the damage from the main quake.

余震は、住民が本震の被害の修復を始めていたところを不意に襲った。

意味（1）

An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").

It was not a peace that brought joy – it was one that created an oppressive tension like the calm between a major earthquake and the aftershock.

意味（2）

(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.

The collapse of the financial market sixty days later was the aftershock.

意味（3）

Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.

Far from being an emotional aftershock following an event that upsets our whole world, horror is what first discloses to us the upsetting possibility that our world as a whole can cease to be.

aftershocks （ plural ）