apocalypse
/əˈpɒkəlɪps/noun
(常作the Apocalypse)
1- the complete final destruction of the world, especially as described in the biblical book of Revelation（尤指《圣经·启示录》中描述的）世界末日。
1.1
- an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale大动乱, 大灾变：
a stock market apocalypse.
股市崩盘。
1.2
the Apocalypse
(especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation（尤指拉丁文《圣经》中的）《启示录》。
词源
Old English， via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein 'uncover， reveal'， from apo- 'un-' + kaluptein 'to cover'.