词汇 | tornado |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1556, navigator's word for violent windy thunderstorm in the tropical Atlantic, probably a mangled borrowing from Sp. tronada "thunderstorm," from tronar "to thunder," from L. tonare "to thunder" (see thunder). Metathesis of -o- and -r- in modern spelling infl. by Sp. tornar "to twist, turn," from L. tornare "to turn." Meaning "extremely violent whirlwind" is first found 1626. 词根记忆: n. 龙卷风(torn+ado→转着的风→龙卷风)[tour,torn,tourn=turn,表示"转,环绕"] n. 龙卷风(torn=turn转→转的风)[-o①表名词"人,物或状态"②表名词,用于音乐术语] |
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