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waterspout

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wa·ter·spout /ˈwɔːtəspaʊt $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun [countable]  1. DNHEMa tall stream of water that the wind pulls up from the sea during a violent storm 〔由风暴引起的〕水龙卷,海龙卷 tornado2. TD old-fashioned a pipe that carries water 喷水嘴
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waterspoutI notice a waterspout at the horizon, and watch it until it moves out of sight.A series of white waterspouts soon rose in the harbor.
wa·ter·spout nounChineseSyllable
stream the water that of a tall Corpus


waterspout
waterspout /ˈwɔːtəspaʊt $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun [countable]
1. a tall stream of water that the wind pulls up from the sea during a violent storm ⇨ tornado
2. old-fashioned a pipe that carries water


water·spoutBrE /ˈwɔːtəspaʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɔːtərspaʊt/ 🔊, /ˈwɑːtərspaʊt/ 🔊 nouna column of water that is pulled up from the sea during a storm by a rapidly spinning column of air 水龙卷;海龙卷