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

• 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。
• The person he had trusted turns out to be a twister.
  他起先信任的人原来是个骗子。
• This sentence is a tongue twister.
  这句话很绕嘴。
• I don't think tongue twister is very exciting/ interesting, actually.
  实际上，我觉得绕口令没什么意思。
• 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
• 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。
• The two-for-one twister actuating mechanism of the utility model eliminates slide between the belts and the driven wheels, guarantees the yarn quality, and can save power consumption.
  本实用新型消除了皮带与从动轮之间的打滑，保证了纱线的质量，并且可以节约电能消耗。
• 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。
• Research of A Multi-motor Controlling System in Twister Based on PLC
  一种捻线机多电机控制系统实验研究
• 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。