cyclone

noun

/ˈsaɪkləʊn/

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a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle
- The cyclone struck the village late last night.
compare hurricane, typhoon
Wordfinder
- avalanche
- cyclone
- disaster
- earthquake
- eruption
- flood
- hurricane
- landslide
- tornado
- tsunami
Extra Examples
- Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974.
- In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy.
- The islands have been devastated by cyclones in recent months.
- trees damaged in the cyclone
- Cyclones are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
- The island was hit by a cyclone which caused considerable damage.
Topics Weatherc1, The environmentc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- tropical
cyclone + verb
- hit something
- destroy something
- devastate something
- …
preposition
- in a/the cyclone
phrases
- the eye of the cyclone
See full entry
(specialist) a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing wind and rain synonym depression (5)
- As cyclones move inland, they become an important source of rain.
compare anticyclone

Word Originmid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.

单词	cyclone
释义	cyclone noun /ˈsaɪkləʊn/ /ˈsaɪkləʊn/ jump to other results a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle The cyclone struck the village late last night. compare hurricane, typhoon Wordfinder avalanche cyclone disaster earthquake eruption flood hurricane landslide tornado tsunami Extra Examples Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974. In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy. The islands have been devastated by cyclones in recent months. trees damaged in the cyclone Cyclones are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere. The island was hit by a cyclone which caused considerable damage. Topics Weatherc1, The environmentc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective tropical cyclone + verb hit something destroy something devastate something … preposition in a/the cyclone phrases the eye of the cyclone See full entry (specialist) a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing wind and rain synonym depression (5) As cyclones move inland, they become an important source of rain. compare anticyclone Word Originmid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.
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