tornado

英 [tɔːˈneɪdəʊ]

美 [tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ]

n.  龙卷风; 旋风

复数：tornados　

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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

• A tornado and wildfires fueled by strong winds have caused widespread destruction in the southern United States.
  美国南部遭龙卷风和野火袭击，强风使得灾难更加严重，造成了大范围的破坏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wasn't this crushed by a runaway tornado?
  它不是被失控的龙卷风碾碎了吗？
• And it's not terribly unusual to have multiple vortices within a tornado.
  在一次飓风中有多个涡系并不是非常罕见的。
• 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。
• The winds of tornado are most violent and destructive ones on earth.
  龙卷风通常是世界上最暴力和破坏性最强的风。
• A tornado hit on Tuesday night.
  星期二晚上发生了一次龙卷风。
• 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。