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单词 super-hurricane
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super-hurricane
super-hurricane n.
Brit. /ˈsuːpəˌhʌrᵻkən/
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/ˈsuːpəˌhʌrᵻkeɪn/
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/ˈsjuːpəˌhʌrᵻkən/
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/ˈsjuːpəˌhʌrᵻkeɪn/
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U.S. /ˈsupərˌhərəˌkeɪn/
an extremely powerful blast of air; (Meteorology) a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean with sustained wind speeds in excess of 130 knots (240 km per hour).
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1920 Monthly Weather Rev. (U.S.) 48 565/1 Superhurricane winds..are called for by the operation of the law of equal areas.
1929 S. Chase Men & Machines 31 Similarly one can make a wind, indeed a super-hurricane, with rushing steam, and blow a set of blades around the great steel bottle of a steam turbine.
1940 Science 8 Mar. 9/2 Just as trees sway in a gale, so too do the turbine blades sway and vibrate under this super-hurricane of hot, ‘live’ steam.
2000 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 30 Sept. Super-hurricanes like Mitch and Floyd could become more common.
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