typhoon
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
- 2.
(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.
Near-synonyms: cyclone (narrow sense), hurricane
Đồng nghĩa: cyclone, hurricane
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To swirl like a hurricane.
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English texts mention typhon, tiphon as a Greek word for "whirlwind" since at least the 1550s, referring to τυφῶν, τυφώς (whirlwind) (the latter attested since Aeschylus), Τυφῶν (Typhon, father of the winds). (French typhon (whirlwind) is said to be attested since 1504.)