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
tornadoes — plural of tornado
强效可卡因；一种猛烈风暴,呈移动、快速旋转的漏斗云,已接触地面；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；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；旋风
A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, often visible as a funnel cloud.
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。
用法提示：此处'tornado'是可数名词单数形式，指代一种具体的龙卷风灾害。
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。
用法提示：此处'tornado'用作单数可数名词，表示一种可能形成的天气现象。
Tornadoes are most common in the spring and early summer.
龙卷风在春季和初夏最为常见。
用法提示：此处'tornadoes'是名词复数形式，泛指龙卷风这种天气现象。
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。
非正式用语，与tornado同义，常用于口语。
指大规模气旋系统，与tornado的局部、高度旋转特征不同，不能完全互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子Tornado hit the village.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were two tornado last night.
正确表达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'。
针对'龙卷风'义项，反气旋是相反的气象系统，高压下沉气流，天气通常平静。
与龙卷风不同，飓风是热带气旋，范围更大，持续时间更长，通常发生在海洋上，而龙卷风是陆地上局部、快速旋转的漏斗云。
Twister 是 tornado 的非正式说法，但也可指其他含义（如扭动的人或物）。学习者可能误以为 twister 是一种不同的天气现象，实际上它通常就是龙卷风的口语表达。
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。
torn (turn) + -ado (suffix indicating a thing)
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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