cyclone
noun /ˈsaɪkləʊn/
/ˈsaɪkləʊn/
- a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle
气旋；旋风 - The cyclone struck the village late last night.
昨晚晚些时候，龙卷风袭击了这个村庄。
Wordfinder- avalanche
- cyclone
- disaster
- earthquake
- eruption
- flood
- hurricane
- landslide
- tornado
- tsunami
Topics Weatherc1, The environmentc1- Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974.
1974 年平安夜，热带气旋特雷西袭击了达尔文。 - In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy.
1974年达尔文被热带气旋特蕾西夷为平地。 - The islands have been devastated by cyclones in recent months.
近几个月的旋风摧毁了这些岛屿。 - trees damaged in the cyclone
遭到旋风破坏的树木 - Cyclones are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
气旋在北半球是逆时针的。 - The island was hit by a cyclone which caused considerable damage.
这座岛遭受了旋风的袭击，损失相当严重。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tropical
- hit something
- destroy something
- devastate something
- …
- in a/the cyclone
- the eye of the cyclone
- The cyclone struck the village late last night.
- (specialist) a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing wind and rain
气旋 - As cyclones move inland, they become an important source of rain.
随着气旋向内陆移动，它们成为重要的雨水来源。
- As cyclones move inland, they become an important source of rain.
词源mid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.