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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At the funfair, near the ghost train, the marshmallow twister is twisting.
  游艺集市上，就在幽灵车旁边，果浆软糖搅拌机正在搅拌。
• 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。
• The twister must have dropped it here.
  一定是龙卷风把它掉在这了。
• That man's real twister.
  那人是一个地道的骗子。
• Two more photographers caught a twister in the making in the skies above the plains.
  额外的二个摄影师捕捉了在平原上面的天空成功的因素一个捻搓者。