gen. A name introduced in 1848 by H. Piddington, as a general term for all storms or atmospheric disturbances in which the wind has a circular or…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > a storm > cyclonic (8) cyclone1848 gen. A name introduced in 1848 by H. Piddington, as a general term for all storms or atmospheric disturbances in which the wind has a circular or… willy-willy1880 A whirlwind or cyclone (cyclone, n. b); a rotating dust storm or dust devil. Also as a modifier. storm-system1897 the group of low-pressure areas (revolving round a centre of lowest pressure) constituting a cyclonic storm. cockeye1904 Australian. colloquial. Chiefly in Western Australia and Northern Territory: a cyclone or thunderstorm, esp. one which is sudden and violent, but… Subcategories:— comparatively calm centre of (1) — path of (3) |
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