a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system 龙卷风 ■(figurative)a person or thing characterized by violent or devastating action or emotion (喻)极具破坏力的人(或物) a tornado of sexual confusion. 惊世骇俗的性乱。
派生 tornadic [-ˈnadɪk] adjective 语源
mid 16th cent. (denoting a violent thunderstorm of the tropical Atlantic Ocean): perhaps an alteration of Spanish tronada 'thunderstorm' (from tronar 'to thunder') by association with Spanish tornar 'to turn'