tornado

US: /tɔɹˈneɪˌdoʊ/
UK: /tɔːnˈe‍ɪdə‍ʊ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


tornado /tɔ:'neidou/
  • danh từ
    • bão táp
    • (nghĩa bóng) cuộc biến loạn, cơn bão táp
      • political tornado: cuộc biến loạn chính trị
      • tornado of cheers: tiếng hoan hô như bão táp, tiếng hoan hô như sấm dậy

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
(plural tornadoes or tornados) a violent storm with very strong winds which move in a circle. There is often also a long cloud which is narrower at the bottom than the top: Tornadoes ripped into the southern United States yesterday. + She burst in to the room like a tornado.

Collocation dictionary


TORNADO + VERB

hit sth, strike sth
The town was hit by a tornado last night.
| damage sth, destroy sth, devastate sth

PREP.

in a/the ~
The building was badly damaged in a tornado.


Concise English dictionary


tornadoes|tornadostɔr'neɪdəʊ /tɔː-
noun
+a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
+a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted