| 词汇 | tornado |
| 释义 | tornado noun[ C ] uk /tɔːˈneɪ.dəʊ/ us /tɔːrˈneɪ.doʊ/pluraltornadoes or tornados(USinformal alsotwister) B2 a strong, dangerous wind that forms itself into an upside-down spinning cone and is able to destroy buildings as it moves across the ground龙卷风;旋风 Steve Bronstein/Stone/GettyImages Wind & winds anemometer blast chinook crosswind cyclonic draughty easterly gale northerly sea breeze sigh slipstream stiff the Coriolis effect vortex vorticity weathervane windblown windswept wuthering You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Precipitation: stormy weather After all, Kansas is a place where there are tornadoes almost every year. After the tornado hit in 2007, they wanted to help the town. At 9:45 p.m. the tornado hit the town. It was the strongest kind of tornado. Sometimes it is so windy that there are tornadoes like the one that destroyed Greensburg! Then they began to hear the loud noise a tornado makes. These people thought that another tornado might come and destroy the town again. tornado | American Dictionarytornado noun[ C ] us/tɔrˈneɪ·doʊ/pluraltornadoes or tornados(infmltwister) a dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything in its path as it moves across the ground Examples of tornadotornado This leads to the idea that a tornado may be destroyed by producing a strong enough downward flow in its core. Among the undergraduates, tornadoes or strong winds (ranked 45th; scored by 15% of sample) and earthquakes (48th; 12%) are rarely dreamed about. Some speculations are discussed concerning possible applications of the results obtained to model such natural objects as tornadoes, whirlpools and astrophysical jets. They are still far more likely to die in other disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes. After a hurricane, both parents and children dreamed of being threatened by winds or tornadoes coming directly at them. The work suggests an explanation for the eventual dissipation of meteorological flow systems such as tornadoes. The vortex line is an idealization of some real source of motion, for example, a rotating needle or tornado core. The same solution family may model the opposite case, when a tornado placed over a water surface drives the ocean motion in the meridional structure shown in figure 12. Equation (44)could serve as a starting point for the study of tornadoes. We tend to be a little complacent about natural disasters because we are mercifully spared the appalling horrors of volcano, flood, hurricane and tornado. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not assume that tornadoes will not hit this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A tornado is not a danger in itself, it is only dangerous if it comes in contact with something else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can do nothing about natural forces—cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who would have thought that there would be a tornado a few weeks ago? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The announcement hit the county like a tornado. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withtornadotornadoThese are words often used in combination with tornado. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. confirmed tornado August was more quiet with below normal activity and only about 50 confirmed tornadoes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. tornado siren Suddenly, a tornado siren is heard and the power grid goes down, leaving the store with only a generator for the refrigeration units. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. tornado warning He is known for being the first weatherman to issue a tornadowarning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with tornado |
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