单词 | hurricane wind |
释义 | > as lemmashurricane wind hurricane wind n. a very strong wind associated with a tropical cyclone or hurricane; also, any wind of hurricane force. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind birra1325 racka1400 galea1547 Euroclydon1561 huff-gale1582 whiskera1598 gale-wind1628 sniffler1768 snifter1768 storm wind1839 buster1848 snorter1855 snorer1871 blusterer1877 ripsnorter1889 smeller1898 hurricane wind1921 1921 J. W. Redway Handbk. Meteorol. xiii. 156 Hurricane winds at Galveston were estimated to have a velocity of 125 miles per hour. 1923 W. N. Shaw Forecasting Weather (ed. 2) 456 As a result of the investigation of 1905 we now classify winds with velocity above 75 miles per hour as hurricane winds, those with velocity between 64 and 75 miles per hour as storm winds, and those between 39 and 63 as gales. 1954 G. T. Trewartha Introd. Climate (ed. 3) v. 209 In large storms in the western North Atlantic, the diameter of the hurricane winds may exceed 100 miles. < as lemmas |
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