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a tornado touches down [somewhere]
A tornado touched down near the town.
一场龙卷风在镇子附近着陆了。
龙卷风
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龙卷风
A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, often visible as a funnel cloud.
A tornado touched down near the town.
一场龙卷风在镇子附近着陆了。
一种猛烈风暴,呈移动、快速旋转的漏斗云,已接触地面
A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
一种局部性、极具破坏性的陆上风暴,特征为漏斗状云柱延伸至地面
a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
一种提纯高效的可卡因,以吸食而非鼻吸方式使用；极易上瘾
a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
The tornado destroyed several houses in the small town.
龙卷风摧毁了小镇上的几栋房屋。
Meteorologists warned that a tornado could form later in the afternoon.
气象学家警告说，下午晚些时候可能会形成龙卷风。
Tornadoes are most common in the spring and early summer.
龙卷风在春季和初夏最为常见。
A tornado touched down near the town.
一场龙卷风在镇子附近着陆了。
The weather service issued a tornado warning.
气象局发布了龙卷风警报。
Many people were caught in the tornado.
许多人被卷入了龙卷风。
Not this
Tornado hit the village.
Use this
A tornado hit the village.
龙卷风是可数名词，单数形式前需加冠词，此处用不定冠词 'a' 表示泛指。
Not this
There were two tornado last night.
Use this
There were two tornadoes last night.
句中有基数词 'two'，名词应使用复数形式，'tornado' 的复数形式为 'tornadoes' 或 'tornados'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
龙卷风警报
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the area.
国家气象局对该地区发布了龙卷风警报。
龙卷风监视
We are under a tornado watch until midnight.
我们处于龙卷风监视状态直到午夜。
龙卷风破坏
The tornado damage was extensive.
龙卷风造成的破坏非常严重。
龙卷风避难所
Everyone went to the tornado shelter when the siren sounded.
警报响起时，所有人都去了龙卷风避难所。
龙卷风走廊
Oklahoma is located in Tornado Alley.
俄克拉荷马州位于龙卷风走廊。
龙卷风爆发
The tornado outbreak affected several states.
这次龙卷风爆发影响了多个州。
一阵旋风般的活动
The office was a tornado of activity as the deadline approached.
随着截止日期的临近，办公室陷入了一阵旋风般的忙碌。
情绪的风暴
After the news, she felt a tornado of emotions swirling inside her.
得知消息后，她感到内心翻涌着情绪的风暴。
像龙卷风刮过活动板房区（形容破坏力极强）
The toddler went through the toy room like a tornado through a trailer park.
那个蹒跚学步的孩子穿过玩具房，搞得像龙卷风刮过活动板房区一样狼藉。
是龙卷风！
The tornado lifted the house into the air.
龙卷风把房子卷到了空中。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
tornado 发音像“拖你斗”，想象龙卷风拖着你在空中旋转打斗，非常危险。
语域：neutral 常见场景：气象学、新闻报道 此义项指气象学中的龙卷风，属于中性用语，在正式和日常交流中均常见。
No common words rhyme perfectly with 'tornado' (stressed vowel /eɪ/, ending /doʊ/). Words like 'avocado' and 'desperado' share the spelling ending '-ado' but have different stress (primary on the third syllable, /kɑː/ and /rɑː/ respectively). 'Tomato' and 'potato' share the same stressed vowel /eɪ/ and a similar ending /toʊ/, but the consonant differs (/t/ vs /d/), so they are near-rhymes, not perfect.
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