cyclone

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cyc·lone [cyclone cyclones] BrE [ˈsaɪkləʊn] NAmE [ˈsaɪkloʊn] noun
a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle
•The cyclone struck the village late last night.
compare ↑hurricane, ↑typhoon
Derived Word: ↑cyclonic

Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.

Example Bank:
•Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974.
•In 1974 Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy.
•The islands have been devastated by cyclones in recent months.
•trees damaged in the cyclone
•Cyclones are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
•The island was hit by a cyclone which caused considerable damage.