cyclone
美音:
[sık´ləun
]英音:
[sık´ləun
]n.旋风,飓风,暴风,龙卷风,[气]气旋
难易程度:
cyclone为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:cyclonic
词根
circ=ring(环) 变化型 cyc
近义词, 同义词
cyclone
/'saɪkləʊn; `saɪklon/
n
1 system of winds turning round a calm area of low pressure 气旋.
2 violent destructive wind-storm 暴风. Cf 参看 hurricane, typhoon.
cyclone
n[C][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Greek;Origin: kykloma
'wheel', from kykloun
'to go around', from kyklos;
CYCLE1]
a very strong wind that moves very fast in a circle
→
hurricane, typhoon
typhoon