twister

英 [ˈtwɪstə(r)]

美 [ˈtwɪstər]

n.  旋风; 龙卷风

复数：twisters　

医学

BNC.39529 / COCA.20510

牛津词典

noun

• 旋风；龙卷风
  a violent storm that is caused by a powerful spinning column of air

柯林斯词典

• 同 tornado
  Atwisteris the same as atornado.

英英释义

noun

• small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried
  Synonym:cruller
• a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  Synonym:tornado

双语例句

• At the funfair, near the ghost train, the marshmallow twister is twisting.
  游艺集市上，就在幽灵车旁边，果浆软糖搅拌机正在搅拌。
• In this level, students'reading skills and writing skills should be improved by using many interesting teaching materials, such as stories, movies, chants, sayings, tongue twister and so on.
  该级别的儿童英语学员通过大量的故事、电影、诗歌、谚语和绕口令等有趣的学习方式，全方面培训学生的阅读、写作和演讲能力。
• With their "Doppler on wheels," they were able to capture rare ground-level views of tornadoes and document for the first time a twister's entire life cycle.
  这些“长了轮子”的多普勒雷达，帮助他们捕捉到了罕有的龙卷风地面视图，并且首次将龙卷风短暂的一生，完整的记录了下来。
• The city manager says the Sunday twister cut a half-mile-wide path of destruction through the town.
  该镇所在城市的市长说这个龙卷风所造成的破坏范围达半里之广。
• But beyond the images of the funnel security camera in the caf é showed right when that twister tore apart its roof.
  在咖啡馆的监控摄像上除了有龙卷风漏斗状图像外，还显示了龙卷风把屋顶掀翻的景象。
• The moment Master Chou finished his incredible tongue twister, audiences just went buzzing.
  周师傅一表演绕口令绝技之后观众就沸腾了。
• We videotaped a twister while traveling through Texas.
  旅行经过德克萨斯州时，我们摄下了龙卷风。
• Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, to learn the letter "T".
  为了学字母T，绕口令先生试着训练他的舌头弯曲和转动。
• Oh, that's no twister, that's her sister.
  哦，那不是旋风，那是她的妹妹。
• The magic school bus a Science Chapter Book twister trouble!
  神奇校车自然科学篇：有麻烦了！