whirlwind,revolving mass of air resulting from local atmospheric instability, such as that caused by intense heating of the ground by the sun on a hot summer day. Examples of whirlwinds arewaterspouts,tornadoes, small whirls of dust or leaves, and the sand whirls of the desert, called dust...
1.(Physical Geography) a column of air whirling around and towards a more or less vertical axis of low pressure, which moves along the land or ocean surface 2. a.a motion or course resembling this, esp in rapidity b.(as modifier):a whirlwind romance. ...
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(especially American English) suffer as a result of your actions:We will reap the whirlwind of those actions for years, if not decades, to come.This expression comes from the Bible. A whirlwind is a strong wind that spins very fast and causes a lot of damage. ...
However, she knew what it meant the next day. Cheng’s Car Dealers.h.i.+p had been sealed off due to some tax issues. Gu Jingyan came to see Lu Beichen the next day and teased him. “You should thank me for yesterday. Because of me, you didn’t lose your body.” ...
However, the moment she went out, she saw a bright red car parked right in the hotel lobby… Why had the car driven in… Were people allowed to drive through the main entrance of the Century Building? Even if they could get the car in… how could the Century Building allow people to...
summer in 1997,Of An Agefollows 17-year-old Serbian-born Australian amateur ballroom dancer Nikola (Barracudastar Elias Anton). His friend and dance partner Ebony (Hattie Hook) introduces her brother Adam (Thom Green), and the pair develop a truly intense romance that neither of them saw ...
2. They were now illuminated by the morning radiance of a young child's disposition, but, later in the day of earthly existence, might be prolific of the storm whirlwind. 如今,这一切都在这小孩子的气质中略见端倪,眼下犹如晨曦照射,在今后的人生岁月中将会充满面骤风狂。
"air in motion," Old Englishwind"wind," from Proto-Germanic*winda-(source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutchwind, Old Norsevindr, Old High Germanwind, GermanWind, Gothicwinds), from PIE*wē-nt-o‑"blowing," suffixed (participial) form of root*we-"to blow." ...
Day 2 – Headed to Habarana For An Elephant Safari Nobody (normal) likes getting up early, especially when it still feels like the middle of the night (in theUnited Kingdom, where I had just flown in from). But I shuffled on the bus like a dead-eyed zombie from The Walking...