waterspout 的定义
- 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.
waterspout 近义词
等同于 vortex
waterspout 的近义词 3 个
等同于 vortex
更多waterspout例句
- 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.