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waterspout

/waw-ter-spout, wot-er-/US // ˈwɔ tərˌspaʊt, ˈwɒt ər- //UK // (ˈwɔːtəˌspaʊt) //

水龙卷,水花,龙卷风,水龙

Related Words

whirlwind漩涡,飙风,旋风,漩涡风暴whirlpool漩涡,涡流,漩涡池,漩涡浴spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状eddy漩涡,涡流,涡旋,涡阳whirl漩涡,旋涡,旋风,旋转gyre漩涡,漩涡状,漩涡式,漩涡状物tornado龙卷风,旋风,狂风,龙卷cyclone旋风,龙卷风,气旋,旋风式twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器tourbillion陀螺仪,陀飞轮,巡回赛,巡回展

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called rain·spout [reyn-spout] /ˈreɪnˌspaʊt/ . a pipe running down the side of a building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof: Don’t expect the waterspouts to function effectively if the gutters are clogged with leaves and other debris.
    • : a spout, duct, or the like, from which water is discharged: The extendable waterspout can be attached to a bucket, making a better watering can than any that we’ve tried.
    • : Meteorology.Also called fair-weath·er wa·ter·spout [fair-weth-er] /ˈfɛərˌwɛð ər/ . a funnel-shaped column laden with mist and spray that develops on the surface of a body of water and climbs upward to the cloud that has spawned it: usually formed during conditions of light winds, fair-weather waterspouts have little lateral movement and are not normally accompanied by thunderstorms.
    • : Meteorology.Also called tor·na·dic wa·ter·spout [tawr-nad-ik] /tɔrˈnæd ɪk/ . a tornado that forms in a downward direction over a body of water, typically during a severe thunderstorm and often accompanied by high winds, dangerous water turbulence, and large hail: although tornadic waterspouts tend to dissipate rapidly upon landfall, they may occasionally move inland.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as invortex
Synonyms
whirlwind漩涡,飙风,旋风,漩涡风暴eddy漩涡,涡流,涡旋,涡阳tourbillion陀螺仪,陀飞轮,巡回赛,巡回展
as invortex
Synonyms
spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状whirlpool漩涡,涡流,漩涡池,漩涡浴whirlwind漩涡,飙风,旋风,漩涡风暴cyclone旋风,龙卷风,气旋,旋风式eddy漩涡,涡流,涡旋,涡阳gyre漩涡,漩涡状,漩涡式,漩涡状物tornado龙卷风,旋风,狂风,龙卷twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器whirl漩涡,旋涡,旋风,旋转tourbillion陀螺仪,陀飞轮,巡回赛,巡回展

Examples

  • Using high-speed video, neuroscientist Tejapratap Bollu and colleagues recorded the sides and bottoms of mouse tongues as the rodents drank from a waterspout.

  • One night in the summer of 1749, a waterspout appeared in the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Italy.

  • The Hebrew word for “waterspout,” as used in the book of Psalms, could also be translated as “waterfall.”

  • Summoned to investigate the waterspout, Father Ruder set to work at once.

  • As in the tornadoes, the waterspout begins with a funnel, which descends from the sky to the surface of the sea.

  • Like the tornadoes and dust whirls, the life of a waterspout appears to be brief.

  • Out of the depths of the pit a waterspout of fire shot suddenly, sending in every direction a shower of sparks.

  • Something whined over the Maggie and threw up a waterspout half a mile beyond her.

  • A waterspout is a whirling body of water, which rises from the sea like a sharp-pointed pillar.

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