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typhoon

noun
🔊/taɪˈfuːn/
🔊/taɪˈfuːn/
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  1. a violent tropical storm with very strong winds台风
    Extra Examples
    • His home was destroyed in a typhoon.他的家在台风中被毁了。
    • The plantation was devastated by a typhoon.台风毁掉了种植园。
    • Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters are frequent in that part of the Pacific.地震、台风和其他自然灾害在太平洋的那个地区频繁肆虐。
    • The hottest time of year coincides with the typhoon season.一年中最热的时候正好是台风季节。
    compare cyclone, hurricaneTopics Weatherb2, The environmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarytyphoon + verb
    • hit something
    • strike something
    • damage something
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the typhoon
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind’.