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 could see a tornado Blowing in the distance.
  我可以看见一阵龙卷风正在远方吹袭着。
• A small tornado passed through this farm and cut across this field.
  一场小龙卷风穿过了农场，横扫了田地。
• The tornado raged, but the tall building steadfastly stood its ground.
  龙卷风来了，可这座大厦岿然不动。
• The tornado destroyed two houses near tulsa.
  这场龙卷风摧毁了靠近塔尔萨的两栋房屋。
• A tornado is one of the most violent and destructive whirlwind.
  龙卷风是一种最猛烈、最具破坏性的旋风。
• 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。
• 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。
• I felt the tornado was right over our house.
  我感到龙卷风正经过我们的家。
• According to that model, we developed "tornado stock portfolio analysis system".
  根据该模型，我们开发了旋风证券组合投资分析系统。
• It's, it's the killer tornado, an absolutely killer tornado that's now crossing.
  这就是杀手龙卷风，一个绝对的杀手龙卷风正在移动。