the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than normal, or by which a building sinks into the ground (地面或建筑物的)下沉,沉降,下陷 The houses in this area are liable to subsidence. 这个地区的房子容易下陷。 The buildings were insured against fire, subsidence and earthquakes. 这些建筑保了火险、沉陷险和地震险。 The roots of the trees are causing subsidence damage to the building. 树根对建筑物造成了下陷破坏。 The road was closed because of subsidence. 由于下陷,道路被封闭了。 A number of houses had suffered from subsidence. 一些房屋出现了下陷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rapid
- slow
- suffer from
- occur
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin subsidentia ‘sediment’, from the verb subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’).