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

• When they finally locate a twister, they measure it using special tools.
  最终定位一个风卷后，他们便用特殊工具进行测量。
• A two-for-one twister actuating mechanism belongs to the field of yarn finish mechanical devices.
  一种倍捻机传动结构，属于纱线整理机械设备领域。
• This sentence is a tongue twister.
  这句话很绕嘴。
• The person he had trusted turns out to be a twister.
  他起先信任的人原来是个骗子。
• Drawing machine, for stretching synthetic textiles continuous spin-draw twister
  合成纺织原料拉伸机连续纺丝拉伸加捻机
• 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。
• 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。
• That man's real twister.
  那人是一个地道的骗子。
• 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。
• Rachel: Alright, c'mon!( Miserably) Let's play Twister!
  好了，来吧！（可怜地）咱们来玩扭结游戏吧！