| 单词 | dust-devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdust-devil dust-devil n. see devil n. 12. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust-spout or sand-spout whirl-spout1737 devil1813 sand-spouta1849 sand-pillar1879 dust-devil1888 sand-devil1901 whirly-whirly1928 sand-smoke1930 1888 R. Kipling False Dawn in Plain Tales from Hills 43 We rushed through the wheeling choking ‘dust-devils’ in the skirts of the flying storm. 1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 77 It's up and over the Tongue of Jagai, as blown dust-devils go. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xxxvi. 185 At last I saw that part of the yellow cloud off Serd was coming slowly against the wind in our direction, raising scores of dust devils before its feet. 1955 H. Klein Winged Courier vii. 46 The airmen experienced a new African flying hazard in the form of dust devils, some of which rose as high as 8,000 ft. < as lemmas |
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