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单词 tornado
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tornado
noun[C]
uk
/tɔːˈneɪ.dəʊ/us
/tɔːrˈneɪ.doʊ/
pluraltornadoesortornados(USinformalalsotwister)
B2
astrong,dangerouswindthatformsitself into an upside-downspinningconeand isabletodestroybuildingsas itmovesacrosstheground
龙卷风；旋风
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Precipitation: stormy weather
(Definition oftornadofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • 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 Dictionary

tornado
noun[C]
us
/tɔrˈneɪ·doʊ/
pluraltornadoesortornados(infmltwister)
adangerousstormwhich is aspinningconeofwindthatdestroysanything initspathas itmovesacrosstheground
(Definition oftornadofrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftornado

tornado
This leads to the idea that atornadomay be destroyed by producing a strong enough downward flow in its core.
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Among the undergraduates, tornadoes or strong winds (ranked 45th; scored by 15% of sample) and earthquakes (48th; 12%) are rarely dreamed about.
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Some speculations are discussed concerning possible applications of the results obtained to model such natural objects as tornadoes, whirlpools and astrophysical jets.
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They are still far more likely to die in other disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
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After a hurricane, both parents and children dreamed of being threatened by winds or tornadoes coming directly at them.
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The work suggests an explanation for the eventual dissipation of meteorological flow systems such as tornadoes.
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The vortex line is an idealization of some real source of motion, for example, a rotating needle ortornadocore.
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The same solution family may model the opposite case, when atornadoplaced over a water surface drives the ocean motion in the meridional structure shown in figure 12.
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Equation (44)could serve as a starting point for the study of tornadoes.
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We tend to be a little complacent about natural disasters because we are mercifully spared the appalling horrors of volcano, flood, hurricane andtornado.
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We must not assume that tornadoes will not hit this country.
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Atornadois not a danger in itself, it is only dangerous if it comes in contact with something else.
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We can do nothing about natural forces—cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought and so on.
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Who would have thought that there would be atornadoa few weeks ago?
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The announcement hit the county like atornado.
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Collocationswithtornado

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confirmed tornado
August was more quiet with below normal activity and only about 50 confirmed tornadoes.
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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.
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tornado warning
He is known for being the first weatherman to issue atornadowarning.
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