hurricane's eye
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- noun
- /ˈhɜːrɪkeɪnz aɪ/
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ojo del huracán
- Emergency responders waited in the hurricane's eye for the worst of the storm to pass before moving forward with their rescue efforts.
Examples
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The hurricane's eye passed directly over the island, offering a brief moment of calm.
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As the hurricane's eye approached, the winds suddenly died down and the sky cleared.
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Meteorologists use radar to track the movement of the hurricane's eye.
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The hurricane's eye is often calm and clear.
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We found ourselves in the hurricane's eye during the storm.
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The hurricane's eye was eerily calm, providing a brief moment of peace amid the violent winds and rain.
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As the storm passed, we could see the clear blue sky in the center of the hurricane's eye.
Synonyms
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7.0
The calm center of an area surrounded by strong wind or activity
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4.1
A calm area at the center of a storm or a quiet time in the middle of chaos
Surface Forms
Morphology
hurricane's + eye
The meaning 'the calm, clear center of a hurricane' is directly derivable from combining 'hurricane's' (the possessive indicating belonging to the storm) with 'eye' (a central part amid surrounding disturbance). This possessive + noun composition and the metaphorical use of 'eye' for a calm center is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the phrase.
Etymology
Hurricane's eye comes from the simple picture of a storm seen from above: the whole storm spins, but the very middle—the eye—is calm and quiet while the strongest winds move around it. So the phrase means the 'calm, clear center' of a hurricane.