单词

typhoon

读音

taɪˈfuːn

美式

英式

词根

Typhoon 是源自于希腊语的 typhon。希腊神话中 Typhon 是风暴和地震的神，象征破坏性的风暴。这个单词可能也受到了中国古代词汇“大风”或者阿拉伯语 "tufan" 的影响。

释义

n. [气象] 台风 [ 复数 typhoons ]

例句

The typhoon left chaos behind it.

台风后一片混乱。

In front of the two trees which have been destroyed in the typhoon sit a group of young kids.

被台风摧毁的两棵树前面，坐着一群小孩。

Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines rose to 3,637, after the strongest storm this year destroyed the central part of the country on Nov. 8, 2013.

2013年11月8日，今年最强的台风“海燕”袭击了菲律宾中部地区，造成3637人死亡。

强化记忆

您可以将 "Typhoon" 和 "台风" 相关联，毕竟它们在英文和中文中都表示强烈的风暴。该单词最早可能源自希腊语，并在历经多个文化传播和词语借用过程之后转变成现在的形式。在欧美文化中，因为地理环境的原因，"Tornado" （龙卷风）或 "Hurricane" （飓风）更常见。

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This is particularly important during times of disaster recovery.When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines,the local communication networks needed to be repaired,

the ocean-based storms get stronger.Super Typhoon Haiyan went over areas of the Pacificfive and a half degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal

and it matters.When you have a tsunami, an earthquake or a typhoon,you see teams of rescuers coming from all over the world,

In 1964, the director of the Taiwan provincial weather bureauwas even indicted for failing to correctly forecast the path of a typhoon.So is our anger justified?

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