| 单词 | cyclone cellar |
| 释义 | > as lemmascyclone cellar cyclone cellar n. U.S. a cellar intended to give shelter during a cyclone; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > cellar cyclone cellar1887 storm cellar1920 1887 E. Custer Tenting on Plains (1889) 652 Those women who take refuge..in their cyclone-cellar. 1904 G. H. Lorimer Old Gorgon Graham 125 This was one of those holy moments..when an outsider wants to pull his tongue back into its cyclone cellar. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post (semi-weekly ed.) 7 Feb. 3 An iron cyclone cellar is a novelty. 1929 Monthly Weather Rev. (U.S.) 57 338/1 People had seen the tornado approaching and had taken to storm caves—the well known ‘cyclone cellars’ of the West—and basements, where they were safe. 1946 Reader's Digest Mar. 135/1 In the winter it was snug and cozy, and in summer-time as cool and nice as our cyclone cellar. < as lemmas |
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