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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 16319 COCA: 6951

tornado

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Related topics: Meteorology, Geography
tor·na·do /tɔːˈneɪdəʊ $ tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ/ noun (plural tornadoes or tornados) [countableC]  
HEMan extremely violent storm consisting of air that spins very quickly and causes a lot of damage 龙卷风 → hurricane, cyclone► see thesaurus at storm, wind →4  See picture of 见图 tornado
Examples from the Corpus
tornado• This was an activity not much favoured at Verdun, as it invariably attracted a tornado of enemy fire.• In Escondido, a pilot reported seeing a funnel cloud, which would have become a tornado had it touched down.• When Kathleen arrived, she burst into the coffee shop like a tornado.• A storm of pain ripped through her like the indigo fingers of a tornado and carried her out on to a midnight sea.• A tornado destroyed twelve homes in Ashport, Tennessee yesterday.• Story: Rival scientists battle to place scientific equipment in the path of a raging tornado.• As well as the tornado deaths, two others died in blizzard conditions in Indiana and Wisconsin.
Origin tornado
(1500-1600) Spanish tronada “thunderstorm”, from tronar “to thunder”, from Latin tonare; influenced by Spanish tornado, past participle of tornar “to turn”
tor·na·do noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 16319 COCA: 6951
tornado

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ADJECTIVE | TORNADO + VERB | VERB + TORNADO | TORNADO + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤deadly, powerful致命的／強大的龍捲風➤possible可能到來的龍捲風◇McMullen County is expecting a possible tornado.麥克馬倫縣預計可能有龍捲風來襲。TORNADO + VERB➤hit sth, strike sth龍捲風襲擊⋯◇The town was hit by a tornado last night.該鎮昨夜遭到龍捲風襲擊。➤come down, touch down (both especially NAmE) 龍捲風降臨◇A powerful tornado touched down in Evansville, Indiana.強龍捲風降臨印第安納州埃文斯維爾。➤damage sth, destroy sth, devastate sth龍捲風破壞⋯／摧毀⋯／毀滅⋯➤come through (sth), rip through sth, sweep across sth, sweep through sth龍捲風通過（⋯）／猛烈穿過⋯／橫掃⋯／席捲⋯◇A huge tornado ripped through two states.一場巨大的龍捲風猛烈掃過了兩個州。VERB + TORNADO➤cause, produce, spawn (especially NAmE) 引起／產生／形成龍捲風◇Tropical storm Bonnie spawned tornadoes in North Carolina.熱帶風暴“邦妮”在北卡羅來納州形成了龍捲風。➤chase追逐龍捲風◇The group meets every spring to chase tornadoes.該團體每年春天相聚去追逐龍捲風。TORNADO + NOUN➤warning龍捲風警報◇We had a tornado warning earlier in the evening.剛到傍晚我們就聽到了龍捲風警報。➤watch (especially NAmE) 龍捲風預警◇There are tornado watches in effect all across eastern Alabama.整個亞拉巴馬州東部都發佈了龍捲風預警。➤siren龍捲風警報PREPOSITION➤in a/the tornado在龍捲風中◇The building was badly damaged in a tornado.這幢建築物在龍捲風中遭到嚴重破壞。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 16319 COCA: 6951
tornado noun
⇨ storm
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 16319 COCA: 6951
tornado
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