tornado

英 [tɔːˈneɪdəʊ]

美 [tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ]

n.  龙卷风; 旋风

复数：tornados　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16319 / COCA.6951

牛津词典

noun

• 龙卷风；旋风
  a violent storm with very strong winds which move in a circle. There is often also a long cloud which is narrower at the bottom than the top.

柯林斯词典

• 龙卷风；大旋风
  Atornadois a violent wind storm consisting of a tall column of air which spins round very fast and causes a lot of damage.

英英释义

noun

• a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
  Synonym:crackcrack cocaine
• a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  Synonym:twister

双语例句

• I.A tornado struck the farm.
  一场龙卷风侵袭了农场。
• A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.
  龙卷风是指一个从空气中的雷暴延伸到地面而生成的旋转气柱。
• Get within the basement, the tornado is coming. A tornado whirled into town.
  进地下室，龙卷风要来了。龙卷风刮进了城里。
• A tornado rocking trees and houses;
  使树木和房屋剧烈摇动的龙卷风；
• A tornado hit on Tuesday night.
  星期二晚上发生了一次龙卷风。
• The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses.
  龙卷风路径上撕一英里宽，四英里长摧毁家园和企业。
• The weather system included the state's deadliest tornado in a decade.
  这次气象灾害包括了我国10年来最致命的龙卷风。
• Should say artful also, I hear of a place has tornado, holding monitor in the arms.
  要说也巧了，我听说有个地方有龙卷风，就抱着显示器去了。
• Colorado is part of that, and it's where this tornado showed up on Monday.
  科罗拉多州就是其中的一部分，周一的龙卷风就在这里出现。
• A tornado whirled into town.
  龙卷风刮进了城里。