twister

英 [ˈtwɪstə(r)]

美 [ˈtwɪstər]

n. 旋风; 龙卷风

复数：twisters　

BNC.39529 / COCA.20510

牛津词典

noun

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

Rachel: Alright, c'mon!( Miserably) Let's play Twister!
好了，来吧！（可怜地）咱们来玩扭结游戏吧！
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
Aiming to a type of double twister strander, a newly digital control system have been developed.
针对某型双捻机，研究开发了新型的数字式控制系统。
Oh, that's no twister, that's her sister.
哦，那不是旋风，那是她的妹妹。
This sentence is a tongue twister.
这句话很绕嘴。
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。
The person he had trusted turns out to be a twister.
他起先信任的人原来是个骗子。
The city manager says the Sunday twister cut a half-mile-wide path of destruction through the town.
该镇所在城市的市长说这个龙卷风所造成的破坏范围达半里之广。
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。
The twister must have dropped it here.
一定是龙卷风把它掉在这了。