• n. [氣象] 龍卷風；旋風；暴風；大雷雨
• n. (Tornado)人名；(西)托納多

來自西班牙語 tronada,雷暴，來自 tronar,打雷，來自拉丁語 tonare,打雷，詞源同 thunder,Thor. 拼寫和詞義可能受到拉丁語 tornare 影響，來自 tornare,扭曲，轉動，詞源同 turn.引申詞義龍 卷風，旋風。

tornado

tornado: [16] Tornado appears to denote etymologically something that ‘turns’, but this is due to a piece of English folk-etymologizing. Its actual source is Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’, a derivative of the verb tronar ‘thunder’ (which in turn went back to Latin tonāre ‘thunder’, source of English astonish, detonate, etc). It was at first used in English for a ‘violent thunderstorm’, but confusion with Spanish tornado ‘turned’ had converted tronada into tornado, and as early as the 1620s we find it being applied to a ‘whirlwind’.
=> thunder

tornado (n.)

1550s, ternado, navigator's word for violent windy thunderstorm in the tropical Atlantic, probably a mangled borrowing from Spanish tronada "thunderstorm," from tronar "to thunder," from Latin tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)). Also in 17c. spelled tornatho, tornathe, turnado; modern spelling by 1620s. Metathesis of -o- and -r- in modern spelling influenced by Spanish tornar "to twist, turn," from Latin tornare "to turn." Meaning "extremely violent whirlwind" is first found 1620s; specifically "destructive rotary funnel cloud" (especially in the U.S. Midwest) from 1849. Related: Tornadic.

1. The National Weather Service has reported several tornado sightings in Illinois.

美國國家氣象局報道說在伊利諾伊州出現了幾次龍卷風。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A tornado whirled into the town last week.

龍卷風上周襲擊了這座城市.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.

正在逼近的龍卷風使我們驚恐萬分.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The Tornado jet fighter - bomber has two air intakes.

旋風式噴氣轟炸機有兩個空氣入口.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Tornado API is discussed in detail.

重點討論了tornado應用程序接口.

來自互聯網