tornado
龙卷风,旋风,狂风,龙卷
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plural tor·na·does, tor·na·dos.
- : Meteorology. a potentially violent and destructive system of atmospheric circulation, characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris: although tornadoes have occurred on all continents except Antarctica, they are most common in the United States, especially in the area known as Tornado Alley. Compare waterspout.
- : Meteorology. a violent squall or whirlwind of small extent, as one of those occurring during the summer on the west coast of Africa.
- : a violent outburst, as of emotion or activity: The weekly tornado has arrived—in the form of my three grandchildren and their two dogs.
- : Tornado, Military. a supersonic, two-seat, multipurpose military aircraft produced jointly by West Germany, Britain, and Italy and capable of flying in darkness and bad weather.
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A tornado hit Welch and Rawlings’ studio earlier this year and almost destroyed their archives, inspiring them to release the music as soon as they could.
I decided to book the Mayhem 1 tour with Extreme Chase Tours, one of some 20 stormchasing outfits in the country, which promises a 90 percent chance of seeing a tornado over the course of six days.
So I back-burnered tornadoes for decades and nearly forgot about them.
Imagine a straight length of hose, representing the length of a straight vortex like a tornado.
Each day of additional warning gives emergency managers that much more time to prepare for incoming heat waves, cold snaps, tornadoes or other wild weather.
At the time, sirens were not yet standard in tornado country.
About 9:30 p.m. on Palm Sunday in 1965, a tornado struck Toledo, Ohio.
The classic film that opens with a tornado sweeping through a Kansas farm made its debut 75 years ago in 1939.
Fallin has received high marks for her leadership after a tornado devastated the town of Moore.
And the town of Moore was no longer known just for the tornado that devastated it a year ago.
A fearsome thunderstorm or howling tornado of dust might reveal her fickleness of mood at any moment.
A tremendous tornado passed over the city of Natchez, very destructive to life and property.
A destructive tornado swept over a portion of Lapeer county, Michigan.
She was timid during any thunder shower and this was worse than a shower which threatened—a tornado seemed imminent.
He fell upon Mrs. Buttershaw, a slatternly and sour-visaged woman, and hurled at her a tornado of questions.