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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Research of A Multi-motor Controlling System in Twister Based on PLC
  一种捻线机多电机控制系统实验研究
• 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。
• 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。
• This surveillance camera kept rolling inside one possible twister in Indiana as the tin roof came off a barn and a boat went airborne.
  印第安纳州一个摄像头一直在可能爆发的龙卷风内转动。一个谷仓的锡制屋顶被吹下来，一艘船只也在空转。
• Thearticle introduces the principle and methods of producing such yarn on ring fancy twister and hollow spindle fancy yarn spinning and twisting machine, and it also gives some tips onthe operation.
  文章介绍了断丝线的生产原理与在环锭花式捻线机和空心锭花式纱线纺捻机上的生产方法，并指出了一些工艺操作要点。
• I don't think tongue twister is very exciting/ interesting, actually.
  实际上，我觉得绕口令没什么意思。
• The person he had trusted turns out to be a twister.
  他起先信任的人原来是个骗子。