dust devil / ˈdʌst ˌdɛv əl /

沙尘暴尘土恶魔尘埃恶魔尘土飞扬

dust devil 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Meteorology.

  1. a well-developed dust whirl with a diameter of about 10–100 feet, rotating either clockwise or counterclockwise, common in dry regions on hot, calm afternoons and made visible by the dust, debris, and sand it picks up from the ground: dust devils on average are about 660 feet tall, but some have exceeded a height of 3,280 feet: We noticed the base of the dust devil following a direct path along the ground, but its uppermost portion was meandering wildly.

dust devil 近义词

dust devil

等同于 dust storm

更多dust devil例句

  1. Perseverance has seen a number of dust devils and windstorms sweep through Jezero crater as a beautiful reminder of how environments are always changing, even on a dried-up planet like Mars.
  2. Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.
  3. Moreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity.
  4. That is a lot of air pollution, noise, and yet more kicking up of dust.
  5. Wiseman as Samuel is alternately Devil-child and a cute young kid.
  6. “I have full faith that this will happen,” Williams says, prepping her fairy dust for a flurry of happy thoughts.
  7. Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.
  8. He desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.
  9. I cannot believe that a good God would create or tolerate a Devil, nor that he would allow the Devil to tempt man.
  10. In the aperture of the window, amid piles of paper, stood a rickety old table, covered with dust.
  11. As the devil never wanted insinuators, I shall observe, that I learned a way how to make a man dream of what I pleased.