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wa·ter·spout
/ˈwɔtɚ/
海上龍捲風,水落管
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wa·ter·spout
n.
A
remarkable
meteorological
phenomenon
,
of
the
nature
of
a
tornado
or
whirlwind
,
usually
observed
over
the
sea
,
but
sometimes
over
the
land
.
Note:
☞
Tall
columns
,
apparently
of
cloud
,
and
reaching
from
the
sea
to
the
clouds
,
are
seen
moving
along
,
often
several
at
once
,
sometimes
straight
and
vertical
,
at
other
times
inclined
and
tortuous
,
but
always
in
rapid
rotation
.
At
their
bases
,
the
sea
is
violently
agitated
and
heaped
up
with
a
leaping
or
boiling
motion
,
water
,
at
least
in
some
cases
,
being
actually
carried
up
in
considerable
quantity
,
and
scattered
round
from
a
great
height
,
as
solid
bodies
are
by
tornadoes
on
land
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
waterspout
n
1:
a
tornado
passing
over
water
and
picking
up
a
column
of
water
and
mist
2:
a
heavy
rain
[
syn
:
downpour
,
cloudburst
,
deluge
,
torrent
,
pelter
,
soaker
]
3:
a
channel
through
which
water
is
discharged
(
especially
one
used
for
drainage
from
the
gutters
of
a
roof
)
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