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单词 funnel cloud
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Definition of funnel cloud in English:

funnel cloud

noun
  • A rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thirty-three years ago, a misty funnel cloud opened up over Antarctica.
    • This storm, incidentally, produced both a small funnel cloud and nickel-sized hail.
    • The family is scurrying for shelter while a towering funnel cloud advances relentlessly toward their home.
    • Squire added: ‘County officials are beginning to obtain information on the scope and severity of injuries inflicted when the funnel cloud touched down early yesterday morning.’
    • The twister or funnel cloud was spotted at around 4pm yesterday as a torrential downpour rained on the town.
    • Diane had picked up Shannon from school just before the twister touched down in a park a block away and she had vainly tried to outrun the howling funnel cloud.
    • Then you see it for the first time, a nice formed funnel cloud coming down ready to rip, twist, and destroy anything.
    • So when she encountered her first funnel cloud in the midst of a bike ride in 1998, the professional athlete wasn't content ducking into a ditch.
    • I was twelve and I rode on the back of a big boy's bicycle flat into a funnel cloud that picked us up and threw us clean into the ditch.
    • Just like a funnel cloud, the clouds were moving quickly in a circular pattern around the entire city while the thunder continued to roar loudly.
    • The soldiers looked up and watched a large funnel cloud appear in the sky.
    • The funnel cloud associated with most tornadoes results from moisture condensing out of humid air as the vortex accelerates and the air pressure inside drops.
    • The weather we have seen over the last few days is conducive to a tornado, or a funnel cloud as we call them, and we had one near Halton on Monday as well.
    • Forecaster Chris Rees, from PA Weather, said it sounded as though a funnel cloud or a mini tornado had hit the town.
    • Another funnel cloud, this one larger, and more powerful, heading towards me, Josh, and the kid.
    • On Friday, June 9, several residents spotted a funnel cloud forming northwest of Fairview.
    • Environment Canada was criticized for issuing a tornado warning only after someone reported seeing a funnel cloud touch down.
    • This funnel cloud developed in Clayton, N.M., well outside of ‘Tornado Alley.’
    • Suddenly, ahead was a black funnel cloud heading towards my car.
    • A light gray funnel cloud was extending down, at a rate of about twenty feet a second.
 
 

Definition of funnel cloud in US English:

funnel cloud

noun
  • A rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This funnel cloud developed in Clayton, N.M., well outside of ‘Tornado Alley.’
    • Environment Canada was criticized for issuing a tornado warning only after someone reported seeing a funnel cloud touch down.
    • Squire added: ‘County officials are beginning to obtain information on the scope and severity of injuries inflicted when the funnel cloud touched down early yesterday morning.’
    • On Friday, June 9, several residents spotted a funnel cloud forming northwest of Fairview.
    • Just like a funnel cloud, the clouds were moving quickly in a circular pattern around the entire city while the thunder continued to roar loudly.
    • The funnel cloud associated with most tornadoes results from moisture condensing out of humid air as the vortex accelerates and the air pressure inside drops.
    • So when she encountered her first funnel cloud in the midst of a bike ride in 1998, the professional athlete wasn't content ducking into a ditch.
    • Suddenly, ahead was a black funnel cloud heading towards my car.
    • The family is scurrying for shelter while a towering funnel cloud advances relentlessly toward their home.
    • Another funnel cloud, this one larger, and more powerful, heading towards me, Josh, and the kid.
    • Forecaster Chris Rees, from PA Weather, said it sounded as though a funnel cloud or a mini tornado had hit the town.
    • Thirty-three years ago, a misty funnel cloud opened up over Antarctica.
    • Diane had picked up Shannon from school just before the twister touched down in a park a block away and she had vainly tried to outrun the howling funnel cloud.
    • Then you see it for the first time, a nice formed funnel cloud coming down ready to rip, twist, and destroy anything.
    • This storm, incidentally, produced both a small funnel cloud and nickel-sized hail.
    • The twister or funnel cloud was spotted at around 4pm yesterday as a torrential downpour rained on the town.
    • A light gray funnel cloud was extending down, at a rate of about twenty feet a second.
    • The weather we have seen over the last few days is conducive to a tornado, or a funnel cloud as we call them, and we had one near Halton on Monday as well.
    • The soldiers looked up and watched a large funnel cloud appear in the sky.
    • I was twelve and I rode on the back of a big boy's bicycle flat into a funnel cloud that picked us up and threw us clean into the ditch.
 
 
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