A cyclone is a huge storm where the wind races round and round a centre, very fast. In weather science, cyclone is the general name for that spinning system.

A cyclone is a huge storm颶風／氣旋是一種巨大的風暴 where the wind races round and round a centre風繞著一個中心快速轉圈, very fast轉得非常快. In weather science在氣象科學裡, cyclone is the general name for that spinning systemcyclone 是這種旋轉系統的統稱.

Though actually, the everyday name changes with the map. In Taiwan we usually say typhoon for the big Pacific storms that hit us. In the Atlantic people say hurricane. Around India and Australia they say cyclone. So one kind of storm, three names — and cyclone is also the umbrella word in textbooks.

Though actually不過事實上, the everyday name changes with the map日常講法會隨著地圖不同而變. In Taiwan在台灣, we usually say typhoon for the big Pacific storms that hit us我們通常把侵襲我們的太平洋大風暴叫做 typhoon，也就是颱風. In the Atlantic在大西洋, people say hurricane人們說 hurricane. Around India and Australia在印度和澳洲附近, they say cyclone他們說 cyclone. So one kind of storm, three names所以同一種風暴，三種名字 — and cyclone is also the umbrella word in textbooks而 cyclone 也是教科書裡的統稱.

It is not a tornado: a tornado is a thin, violent funnel, much smaller, the thing Chinese calls 龍捲風. A cyclone can be hundreds of kilometres wide and last for days.

It is not a tornado它不是 tornado: a tornado is a thin, violent funnel, much smallertornado 是一種細長、猛烈的漏斗狀氣柱，小得多, the thing Chinese calls 龍捲風也就是中文說的龍捲風. A cyclone can be hundreds of kilometres wide and last for days氣旋可以寬達數百公里，並持續好幾天.

People sometimes stretch it in talk: “she came in like a cyclone” means she arrived with a rush and turned the room upside down. The word was coined around the 1840s by Henry Piddington, from Ancient Greek for “circle” or “to go round.” Scholars do not all agree on the exact Greek form or the exact year.

People sometimes stretch it in talk人們有時候會在口語裡延伸用它: "she came in like a cyclone" means she arrived with a rush and turned the room upside down"she came in like a cyclone" 意思是她風風火火地進來，把整個房間搞得天翻地覆. The word was coined around the 1840s by Henry Piddington這個字大約是 1840 年代由 Henry Piddington 創造的, from Ancient Greek for "circle" or "to go round."源自古希臘文「圓圈」或「繞圈」的意思. Scholars do not all agree on the exact Greek form or the exact year學者對確切的希臘字形和年代並沒有一致的定論.