twister

英 [ˈtwɪstə(r)]

美 [ˈtwɪstər]

n.  旋风; 龙卷风

复数：twisters　

医学

BNC.39529 / COCA.20510

牛津词典

noun

• 旋风；龙卷风
  a violent storm that is caused by a powerful spinning column of air

柯林斯词典

• 同 tornado
  Atwisteris the same as atornado.

英英释义

noun

• small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried
  Synonym:cruller
• a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  Synonym:tornado

双语例句

• Existing two-for-one twister actuating mechanisms have the shortages that belts and driven wheels are easy to slide, and energy consumption is large.
  现有倍捻机传动系统存在皮带与从动轮之间容易打滑、能耗浪费大的缺陷。
• A two-for-one twister actuating mechanism belongs to the field of yarn finish mechanical devices.
  一种倍捻机传动结构，属于纱线整理机械设备领域。
• This surveillance camera kept rolling inside one possible twister in Indiana as the tin roof came off a barn and a boat went airborne.
  印第安纳州一个摄像头一直在可能爆发的龙卷风内转动。一个谷仓的锡制屋顶被吹下来，一艘船只也在空转。
• Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, to learn the letter "T".
  为了学字母T，绕口令先生试着训练他的舌头弯曲和转动。
• Heddle lifter for textile machines continuous spin-draw twister
  综丝提升机，纺织机械用连续纺丝拉伸加捻机
• At the funfair, near the ghost train, the marshmallow twister is twisting.
  游艺集市上，就在幽灵车旁边，果浆软糖搅拌机正在搅拌。
• Thearticle introduces the principle and methods of producing such yarn on ring fancy twister and hollow spindle fancy yarn spinning and twisting machine, and it also gives some tips onthe operation.
  文章介绍了断丝线的生产原理与在环锭花式捻线机和空心锭花式纱线纺捻机上的生产方法，并指出了一些工艺操作要点。
• Oh, that's no twister, that's her sister.
  哦，那不是旋风，那是她的妹妹。
• I don't think tongue twister is very exciting/ interesting, actually.
  实际上，我觉得绕口令没什么意思。
• When they finally locate a twister, they measure it using special tools.
  最终定位一个风卷后，他们便用特殊工具进行测量。