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Related topics: Nature, Meteorology, Geographycy·clone /ˈsaɪkləʊn $ -kloʊn/ noun [countable] DNa very strong wind that moves very fast in a circle 气旋；旋风 → hurricane, typhoon► see thesaurus at storm, windExamples from the Corpuscyclone• May 1991: international economic assistance for cyclone disaster.• Since then we have had cyclones, wars, floods, so many things to add and subtract.• So the fares were collected, the ship was going come hurricane, cyclone, what-have-you.• The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact centre of the cyclone.• Griffin output fell because of maintenance and downtime associated with cyclone Gertie.Origin cyclone (1800-1900) Greek kykloma “wheel”, from kykloun “to go around”, from kyklos; → CYCLE1cy·clone nounChineseSyllable strong very a that Corpus wind moves very |