Before we knew it, summer is coming to an end.
Shanghai experienced several terrifying heavy rains some time ago, all due to the arrival of typhoons.
The editor’s colleague Cijun told the editor that day:
The night when the typhoon came, he just left the subway station and was "wet in seconds" and was so wet. He was wearing jeans and felt that he had weighed 5 kilograms (sucked water)
Today, the editor will share with you some English expressions about "typhoon".
01
I believe that when it comes to "wind", the first word that comes to mind should be "wind".
But "Typhoon" English is not "tai wind"! In fact, its expression is:
typhoon English [tʌɪˈfuːn] American [taɪˈfun]
Example:
Earlier this month, Typhoon Lekima killed nearly 100 people in the same region.
Earlier this month, Typhoon Lekima killed nearly 100 people in the same region.
Earlier this month, Typhoon Lekima killed nearly 100 people in the same region.
Many friends must think that the word typhoon is the transliteration of the Chinese "typhoon", but it is not at all! The word
The first originated in Greece and is the name of a Greek mythological figure - Typhon
He is called the "father of all monsters", which can both spit fire and wind. The word
was first passed to Arabia, then India, and then to China.
Before Chinese people did not have the term "typhoon", but in Cantonese people often pronounce "strong wind" as /daaih-fung/, which is somewhat similar to typhoon, so "combining Chinese and Western" becomes the English language of typhoon.
There are still many friends who can't tell the three words "typhoon", "hurricane", and "cyclone".
Just look at the Chinese translation, they are "typhoon", "hurricane", and "cyclone" , and we still seem to be confused.
The editor briefly summarizes the difference between the three:
They all represent the same weather phenomenon: is a cyclone that occurs over the tropical ocean and approaches the land (also called tropical storm).
However, the sea areas and regions they produce are very different:
1.typhoon
Oxford's definition: a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans generally originate in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Oceans.
2.hurricane
Oxford definition: a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean, especially refers to the tropical cyclone in the Caribbean (Atlantic) region
3.cyclone
in addition to the meteorological characteristic of "cyclone".
02
Then since we talk about typhoons, let's popularize the English expressions of various " wind level "~
0:calm Windless
1: light air soft wind
2: light breeze light wind
3: gentle breeze breeze breeze breeze
4: moderate breeze hefeng
5: fresh breeze breeze breeze breeze
6: strong breeze strong wind
7: moderate gale Wind
8: fresh gale High wind
9: strong gale Wind
10: whole gale Wind
11: storm Wind
12~17: typhoon or hurricane Typhoon or hurricane
There are several words that need to be taken separately:
1.breeze English [briːz] American [briz]
n. Breeze, wind of 2-6 levels
What we usually call "the breeze blows on the face" can be expressed in this word.
Example sentence:
The evening breeze ruffled the surface of the pond in the yard.
The evening breeze rippled the surface of the pool in the courtyard.
Even if some modifiers are added before it, this "wind" is still relatively soothing.
2.gale English [ɡeɪl] American [ɡeɪl]
n. Strong wind; strong wind
The word "口" is different. It usually refers to a violent and powerful storm that can almost affect people's normal travel.
Example sentence:
The ship was unable to set sail on schedule on account of the gale.
The wind was too strong and the ship could not sail on time. The word
3.storm
is even more violent and is generally used to represent " storm ".
We can combine it with various weather phenomena,
For example:
rainstorm storm, snowstorm snowstorm, sandstorm sandstorm , etc.
can also be quoted in finance: financial storm
all say that weight is related to wind resistance level. What is your friends’ wind resistance?
OK! That’s all for us to introduce the expression of wind level! See you tomorrow!
