steam devil

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A spiraling wind caused by rising thermals off a warm body of water's surface that has been enveloped by a layer of very cold air, which also causes the humidity in the thermal to turn to mist, highlighting the whirl of the column. The equivalent of a dustdevil over water.

词形变化

steam devils plural steamdevil alternative steam-devil alternative

词源

From steam + devil. From being a whirlwind (“devil”) formed from mist (“steam”). Patterned after dust devil.
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