趣词词典（- 英语词根词缀词源词典）

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一、趣词词典

1、catastrophe 大灾难

2、cata-, 向下。-strophe, 转，词源同turn, tropical,storm.即急转而下的。

二、- 英语词根词缀词源词典

1、catastrophe

2、catastrophe: see apostrophe

3、catastrophe (n.)

4、1530s, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama), from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophe "an overturning; a sudden end," from katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata "down" (see cata-) + strephein "turn" (see strophe). Extension to "sudden disaster" is first recorded 1748.

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