twister

英 [ˈtwɪstə(r)]

美 [ˈtwɪstər]

n.  旋风; 龙卷风

复数：twisters　

医学

BNC.39529 / COCA.20510

牛津词典

noun

• 旋风；龙卷风
  a violent storm that is caused by a powerful spinning column of air

柯林斯词典

• 同 tornado
  Atwisteris the same as atornado.

英英释义

noun

• small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried
  Synonym:cruller
• a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  Synonym:tornado

双语例句

• This surveillance camera kept rolling inside one possible twister in Indiana as the tin roof came off a barn and a boat went airborne.
  印第安纳州一个摄像头一直在可能爆发的龙卷风内转动。一个谷仓的锡制屋顶被吹下来，一艘船只也在空转。
• Two more photographers caught a twister in the making in the skies above the plains.
  额外的二个摄影师捕捉了在平原上面的天空成功的因素一个捻搓者。
• In this level, students'reading skills and writing skills should be improved by using many interesting teaching materials, such as stories, movies, chants, sayings, tongue twister and so on.
  该级别的儿童英语学员通过大量的故事、电影、诗歌、谚语和绕口令等有趣的学习方式，全方面培训学生的阅读、写作和演讲能力。
• When they finally locate a twister, they measure it using special tools.
  最终定位一个风卷后，他们便用特殊工具进行测量。
• The twister must have dropped it here.
  一定是龙卷风把它掉在这了。
• We videotaped a twister while traveling through Texas.
  旅行经过德克萨斯州时，我们摄下了龙卷风。
• The moment Master Chou finished his incredible tongue twister, audiences just went buzzing.
  周师傅一表演绕口令绝技之后观众就沸腾了。
• A two-for-one twister actuating mechanism belongs to the field of yarn finish mechanical devices.
  一种倍捻机传动结构，属于纱线整理机械设备领域。
• Oh, that's no twister, that's her sister.
  哦，那不是旋风，那是她的妹妹。
• The city manager says the Sunday twister cut a half-mile-wide path of destruction through the town.
  该镇所在城市的市长说这个龙卷风所造成的破坏范围达半里之广。