tornado

US [tɔrˈneɪdoʊ]
UK [tɔː(r)ˈneɪdəʊ]
  • n.龙卷风；旋风
  • Web飓风；狂风；陆龙卷
Plural Form：tornadoes  Plural Form：tornados  

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Tornado
n.
1.
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.

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1.
The blue jet of light had returned to her; now it was swirling around her like a little tornado.
那束蓝光已经回到了她的身上，现在正绕着她打转，好像一股小型的龙卷风。
nà shù lán guāng yǐ jīng huí dào le tā de shēn shàng , xiàn zài zhèng rào zhe tā dǎ zhuàn , hǎo xiàng yī gǔ xiǎo xíng de lóng juǎn fēng 。
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2.
At least 116 people are now known to have been killed by a tornado which struck the American city of Joplin in Missouri on Sunday evening.
密苏里州乔普林市于上周日遭遇龙卷风袭击，目前已有至少116人死亡。
mì sū lǐ zhōu qiáo pǔ lín shì yú shàng zhōu rì zāo yù lóng juǎn fēng xí jī , mù qián yǐ yǒu zhì shǎo yī bǎi yī shí liù rén sǐ wáng 。
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3.
The best place to be in a tornado is in a basement or interior room of the lowest floor of a sturdy building.
龙卷风发生时，最安全的地方是地下室或牢固建筑的低层室内。
lóng juǎn fēng fā shēng shí , zuì ān quán de dì fang shì dì xià shì huò láo gù jiàn zhù de dī céng shì nèi 。
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4.
The latest figures suggest at least 295 people have been killed as a wave of tornado sweep across the southern states.
最新数据显示在龙卷风席卷这个位于美国南部的州之后，至少有295人已经死亡。
zuì xīn shù jù xiǎn shì zài lóng juǎn fēng xí juǎn zhè ge wèi yú měi guó nán bù de zhōu zhī hòu , zhì shǎo yǒu èr bǎi jiǔ shí wǔ rén yǐ jīng sǐ wáng 。
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Whether that many pan out or not, Douglas expects this to be one of the top three tornado seasons on record.
无论这一说法被证实与否，道格拉斯预测，这将是历史上有最多龙卷风发生的季节的前三。
wú lùn zhè yī shuō fǎ bèi zhèng shí yǔ fǒu , dào gé lā sī yù cè , zhè jiāng shì lì shǐ shàng yǒu zuì duō lóng juǎn fēng fā shēng de jì jié de qián sān 。
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Obama plans 4 countries in Europe at the end of a week-long visit, local time Sunday (29) visited the Joplin City suffered a tornado hit.
美国总统奥巴马计划在结束对欧洲4国长达一周的访问后，于当地时间星期日（29日）视察遭受龙卷风重创的乔普林市。
měi guó zǒng tǒng ào bā mǎ jì huà zài jié shù duì ōu zhōu sì guó cháng dá yī zhōu de fǎng wèn hòu , yú dāng dì shí jiān xīng qī rì ( èr shí jiǔ rì ) shì chá zāo shòu lóng juǎn fēng zhòng chuāng de qiáo pǔ lín shì 。
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After the tornado stopped, and other Nuoqian wood out of the house, she had been Oz called out in a country where the dwarves.
龙卷风停下来后，等多诺茜走出木头房子时，她已经掉在一个叫奥兹的矮人国里。
lóng juǎn fēng tíng xià lái hòu , děng duō nuò qiàn zǒu chū mù tóu fáng zǐ shí , tā yǐ jīng diào zài yī gè jiào ào zī de ǎi rén guó lǐ 。
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As it got up speed it widened and threw out everything which came into its path, like a gyrating tornado.
它起身速度扩大，并抛出了一个回转的龙卷风一样，走进它的路径的一切。
tā qǐ shēn sù dù kuò dà , bìng pāo chū le yī gè huí zhuǎn de lóng juǎn fēng yí yàng , zǒu jìn tā de lù jìng de yí qiè 。
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"It was then that I rushed in like a tornado, wasn't it? " Mr. Darling would say, scorning himself; and indeed he had been like a tornado.
“就在那时候，我像一阵旋风似的冲了进来，是不是？”达林先生嘲笑自己说，他确实是像一阵旋风。
" jiù zài nà shí hòu , wǒ xiàng yí zhèn xuàn fēng shì de chōng le jìn lái , shì bu shì ? " dá lín xiān sheng cháo xiào zì jǐ shuō , tā què shí shì xiàng yí zhèn xuàn fēng 。
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like this tornado, it's now pulling the gases in it so suddenly you can see the, the presence of this vortex, a strong swirling wind.
你现在看到的这个“龙卷风”，正是由于将大量的气体卷入其中，从而形成了非常强的涡流而显形。
nǐ xiàn zài kàn dào de zhè ge " lóng juǎn fēng " , zhèng shì yóu yú jiāng dà liàng de qì tǐ juǎn rù qí zhōng , cóng ér xíng chéng le fēi cháng qiáng de wō liú ér xiǎn xíng 。
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