单词 | travado |
释义 | travadon. Now historical and rare. Any of several types of storm which arise suddenly at sea or on land, characterized by strong wind and rain, often with thunder and lightning. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado thodec725 storbilonc1315 whirlwinda1340 whirl-puffa1382 whirly-wind14.. rodion?a1439 tourbillion1477 trobelliona1500 hurlwind1509 typhon1555 whirler1606 travado1625 tornado1626 wild winda1661 turbo1677 vortexa1700 tornade1727 twirlwind1770 whirl-blast1800 coup de vent1831 twirlblast1865 twister1897 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. vii. ii. 927 Sayling further, and comming vnder seuen and sixe degrees, there commonly you find calmes, specially, when it is not a time of Trauadoes, which is in Aprill, May, and Iune, whereof men are in great feare. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. i. 2 Those Dire Tempests..known amongst us by the names of Spouts, Huracans, Tornados, Travados. 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 363 The 31st we had another most violent Travado at 9 Deg. 5+ Min. but continued not long. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 214 A peculiar kind of storm called a Travat or Travado, happened to-day. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Travado, or Travat, a heavy squall, with sudden gusts of wind, lightning, and rain, on the coast of North America; like the African tornado. 2002 I. Rilke tr. A. Japin Two Hearts Kwasi Boachi (new ed.) ii. 37 On the 26th a hurricane known as Travados struck, with heavy thunderstorms, and we were obliged to abandon our tents and seek refuge in a house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625 |
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