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/ˈhɜːrəkeɪn/ · /ˈhʌrɪkən/
a storm with very strong, fast winds that forms over the sea, especially in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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複數 hurricanes
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Picture a huge spinning wheel of cloud, hundreds of wide, built out over warm ocean and then walking toward land — wind strong enough to lift roofs, and a strangely calm hole right in the middle. Hurricane can be thought of as the Atlantic's name for that storm. Taiwan gets the same kind of storm and calls it a typhoon in English; the difference is only which ocean it was born over, not what it is.
可以想成一個巨大的、旋轉的雲盤,橫跨好幾百公里,在溫暖的海面上長大,然後一路走向陸地——風大到能掀屋頂,中間卻有一個…更多收起
可以想成一個巨大的、旋轉的雲盤,橫跨好幾百公里,在溫暖的海面上長大,然後一路走向陸地——風大到能掀屋頂,中間卻有一個安靜得奇怪的洞。hurricane 可以想成「大西洋那邊對這種風暴的叫法」。台灣遇到的是同一種東西,英文叫 typhoon;差別只在它在哪個海上生成,不在它是什麼。原始詞典資料23 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
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A locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.
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Hurricanenoun
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historicalA British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.
hurricanenoun詞源 1/ˈhʌɹɪkən/
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A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
- Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane.
- THE HURRICANE OF AUGUST 1831. Calamitous as were the many eruptions of nature by which this island [Barbados] had suffered, the aggregate destruction produced by them was probably unequal to that effected by the storm of August 1831. That of 1675, according to the description given in history, very much resembled it in appearance, duration, and fury; but the extent to which human life was sacrificed is not on record. Although many persons then perished, it is reasonable to suppose that the numbers bore no proportion to those whose loss this mourning island now deplores. The hurricane of 1780, fearfully tremendous as it was, is admitted by all living witnesses to have been far much inferior in force, and less destructive to the country ; but its protracted continuance served to effect the damage then occasioned. […] Captain Charles Cooper, of the mail-boat schooner Friends, on his arrival from Trinidad, Grenada, and St. Vincent's, reported, that on the 23rd of June he had experienced a tremendous gale five leagues to the southward of Grenada. It continued without intermission for five hours, during the whole of which time the vessel was hove nearly on her beam ends. Captain J.MᶜGregor, of His Majesty's 1st or Royal Regiment, and other passengers were on board, and every one, as well as the master and crew, expected to have been entombed by the foaming ocean. At Grenada the gale was described as more severe than any that had been experienced since the hurricane of 1780. At an early hour in the morning "the sea became considerably agitated, and sent forth a noise, which, contrasted with the stillness of the atmosphere, inspired a strange and unaccountable feeling." The morning dawned with a heavy and perturbed sky, but it was not until near noon that the hurricane commenced. Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon the tempest had attained its height, after which it gradually moderated. The damage inflicted on the country was severely felt, but with one exception there was no loss of life.
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climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesA severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
- Near-synonyms: typhoon, cyclone
- Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
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A great forceful onrush.
- [A]fter all thoſe Hurricans of Fury and Violence are novv blovvn over, vve enjoy a ſerene Air, and the happy quiet vvhich vve had ſo much long'd for.
- Her hands snaked down to her sides and suddenly she had torn away the strip of lace. She threw it into the audience. There was nothing now but a single black G-string. The drums went into a hurricane of sexual rhythm.
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A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
hurricaneverb詞源 1/ˈhʌɹɪkən/
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To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
- Through the night it rained, hurricaned; sashes rattled; the chimney smoked; a lobby-door was ajar, and kept banging to and fro.
- So I got inside my 'possum-skin—it hurricaned an' snowed— And I started for the Deepot, and lit out for his abode.
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To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
- While thus employed, Mrs. Winthrop hurricaned into the room, and having received explanations, hurricaned forth again to tell her husband how dreadfully thoughtless his arrangement was, since Frank would have to take Miss Allenby into dinner.
- They must have told him I was ready for visitors; he hurricaned into the room, slung a chair away from the wall and banged it down next to the bed.
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To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
- There were still spots on the mirror I had cleaned and tiny bits of newspaper were stuck in its edges where I had hurricaned through in my initial cleaning frenzy.
- "A clean home is a good home," she'd say as she hurricaned from room to room with vacuum cleaner and feather duster, hands gauntleted in Marigolds.
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To swirl quickly and violently.
- A whole swirl of turnarounds hurricaned from him.
- Kona responded as air hurricaned out of the bay and water rushed in.
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To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
- Urganda, hurricaned with violent perturbation of mind commences the fourth act; and, after a soliloquy, or rather incantation, raises a dæmon of revenge;
- My personal life has been hurricaned in the last month, not by the war particularly, but by having to decide not to “live in sin” after trying it for a few days.
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To cause an uproar.
- What do they therefore but quickly get themselves into a body, and fall forthwith to hurricaning in Mansoul, as if now nothing but whirlwind and tempest should be there.
- It blew open. It hurricaned onto shore.
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To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently.
- He rang for the cook, and stormed and hurricaned and cycloned at her until the rain-clouds burst, and she wept.
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To chase violently or rush after and force along.
- As he hurricaned toward her, she turned and ran to the drop-off place.
- Then they would all be in a confused clutter and cluster there, and there would be a mad stampede when The Black Watch hurricaned on their heels from behind, and several bags, boxes and barrels, if not virtually all, would fall in their wild rush for The Pra, their wounded and sick abandoned in a blood filled litter and sprawl over the raging sands.
hurricanenoun詞源 2/ˈhʌɹɪkən/
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aerial-freestylehobbieslifestyle"full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。