cyclone
US: /sɪˈkɫoʊn/
UK: /sˈaɪkləʊn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cyclone /'saikloun/- danh từ
- khi xoáy thuận, khi xoáy tụ
Advanced English dictionary
+ nouna violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle: The cyclone struck the village late last night.
Compare: HURRICANE, TYPHOON
Collocation
ADJ.
violent | tropical
CYCLONE + VERB
hit sth, strike sth
An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.
| damage sth, destroy sth, devastate sth
In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy.
PREP.
in a/the ~
trees damaged in the cyclone
PHRASES
the eye of the cyclone
(= the central point)
Concise dictionary
cyclones'saɪkləʊnnoun
+(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
+a violent rotating windstorm
