disaster/dɪ'zɑːstər $ -'zæstər/

n. an event that caused great harm, damage, death, etc.

n. [C; U] 灾难；祸患：an environment disaster 环境灾难

◇Thousands died in the disaster. 数千人在这场灾难中丧生。

◇Losing his job would be a disaster to him. 丢掉工作对他来说将是一场灾难。

◇Suddenly disaster struck. 灾难突然降临了。

◇a disaster-hit area 受灾区

构词dis- + aster (= star)→源自“星星带来好运”，前面加上否定前缀dis-则成为“灾难”

同根 astronaut; astronomer; astronomy; catastrophe

音组-aster/-ɑːstər $ -'æstər/

disaster; master