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cyclone
英 ['saɪkləʊn]美 ['saɪklon]
n. 旋風；[氣象] 氣旋；颶風
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中文詞源
cyclone 旋風
來自cycle,圈。-one，大詞後綴。
英語詞源
cyclone (n.)
1848, coined by British East India Company official Henry Piddington to describe the devastating storm of December 1789 in Coringa, India; irregularly formed from Greek kyklon
"moving in a circle, whirling around," present participle of kykloun "move in a circle, whirl," from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). Applied to tornados from 1856.權威例句
1. An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.
昨晚異常猛烈的旋風吹襲了那個小鎮.
2. A tropical cyclone brought heavy rain to the country last week.
上週一股熱帶氣旋使該國受到暴雨襲擊.
3. In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy.
1974年達爾文被熱帶氣旋特蕾西夷爲平地.
4. The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.
旋風給成千上萬的人帶來苦難.
5. A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is threatening the eastern Indian states.
發生在孟加拉灣的颶風正威脅着印度東部各邦。
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