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

• Heddle lifter for textile machines continuous spin-draw twister
  综丝提升机，纺织机械用连续纺丝拉伸加捻机
• The person he had trusted turns out to be a twister.
  他起先信任的人原来是个骗子。
• Existing two-for-one twister actuating mechanisms have the shortages that belts and driven wheels are easy to slide, and energy consumption is large.
  现有倍捻机传动系统存在皮带与从动轮之间容易打滑、能耗浪费大的缺陷。
• 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。
• Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, to learn the letter "T".
  为了学字母T，绕口令先生试着训练他的舌头弯曲和转动。
• 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。
• The moment Master Chou finished his incredible tongue twister, audiences just went buzzing.
  周师傅一表演绕口令绝技之后观众就沸腾了。
• The magic school bus a Science Chapter Book twister trouble!
  神奇校车自然科学篇：有麻烦了！
• 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！