单词 | waterspout |
释义 | waterspout /waw"teuhr spowt', wot"euhr-/, n. 1. Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof. 2. a spout, duct, or the like, from which water is discharged. 3. a funnel-shaped or tubular portion of a cloud over the ocean or other body of water that, laden with mist and spray, resembles a solid column of water reaching upward to the cloud from which it hangs. Cf. tornado (def. 1). [1350-1400; 1730-40 for def. 3; ME; see WATER, SPOUT] |
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