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

• So if there's a tornado warning on, it means a tornado is out there somewhere.
  因此，若已提出龙卷风警报，那表示一个龙卷风已在某处。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I saw the tornado, I couldn't move.
  当我看到龙卷风的时候，我无法移动了。
• 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。
• The sirens sounded, warning of a tornado.
  警报响了起来，警告飓风要来了。