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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 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.
 

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)