a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle 气旋；旋风 The cyclone struck the village late last night. 昨晚晚些时候，龙卷风袭击了这个村庄。
Extra ExamplesTopics Weatherc1, The environmentc1Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974. 1974 年平安夜，热带气旋特雷西袭击了达尔文。 In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy. 1974年达尔文被热带气旋特蕾西夷为平地。 The islands have been devastated by cyclones in recent months. 近几个月的旋风摧毁了这些岛屿。 trees damaged in the cyclone 遭到旋风破坏的树木 Cyclones are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere. 气旋在北半球是逆时针的。 The island was hit by a cyclone which caused considerable damage. 这座岛遭受了旋风的袭击，损失相当严重。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tropical
- hit something
- destroy something
- devastate something
- …
- in a/the cyclone
- the eye of the cyclone
- (specialist)
a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing wind and rain 气旋 As cyclones move inland, they become an important source of rain. 随着气旋向内陆移动，它们成为重要的雨水来源。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.