typhoon
noun /taɪˈfuːn/
/taɪˈfuːn/
- a violent tropical storm with very strong winds
台风 compare cyclone, hurricaneTopics Weatherb2, The environmentb2- His home was destroyed in a typhoon.
他的家在台风中被毁了。 - The plantation was devastated by a typhoon.
台风毁掉了种植园。 - Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters are frequent in that part of the Pacific.
地震、台风和其他自然灾害在太平洋的那个地区频繁肆虐。 - The hottest time of year coincides with the typhoon season.
一年中最热的时候正好是台风季节。
Collocations Dictionarytyphoon + verb- hit something
- strike something
- damage something
- …
- in a/the typhoon
词源late 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind’. - His home was destroyed in a typhoon.