squalls

英 [skwɔːlz]

美 [skwɔːlz]

n.  飑(常指暴风雨或暴风雪中突起的狂风)
v.  大声啼哭; 号哭
squall的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 飑;突起的大风(常引起短暂暴雨或暴雪)
  Asquallis a sudden strong wind which often causes a brief, violent rain storm or snow storm.
  1. The boat was hit by a squall north of the island.
     船在岛的北边遇到了狂飑。
• VERB 嚎叫;大声啼哭
  If a person or animalsqualls, they make a loud unpleasant noise like the noise made by a crying baby.
  1. There was an infant squalling in the back of the church.
     有个婴儿在教堂后部大声啼哭。
  2. ...squalling guitars.
     刺耳的吉他声

双语例句

• As to the economic difficulties that seem likely to hit much of the world in the next 18 months, he reckons the company can weather the squalls better than many other businesses.
  至于可能在未来18个月冲击全球多数地区的经济困境，维泰利认为，该公司承受风暴的能力好于其它很多企业。
• From dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.
  从小尘暴和暴风发展到只有卫星上可以看到的席卷整块大陆的旋涡。
• Thunderstorms are sometimes preceded or accompanied by heavy rain and squalls.
  狂风大雨有时会伴随著雷暴出现。
• For several hours in the early part of the day, New Orleans was battered by powerful squalls that threatened to dump four-month worth of normal rainfall in a single morning.
  整个早上几小时，雨声震耳欲聋，看样子要在一个早上要倾出相当于正常降雨四个月的量，新奥尔良市顷刻遍体鳞伤。
• We have the usual little squalls, but my wife and I often remark how much we enjoy our children, our friends and each other.
  我和妻子有时也拌几句嘴，但经常的话题是谈孩子和朋友们的趣事，以及对彼此的喜爱。
• Hong Kong schools, financial markets, and businesses have shut as Typhoon Nesat brought howling winds, squalls of rain and rough seas to the territory.
  台风纳莎给香港带来了强风、暴雨和巨浪，其学校、金融市场和商业贸易都已关闭。
• When the peacock loudly bawls, soon we'll have both rain and squalls.
  孔雀高声叫，雨、雹就要到。
• If asset-market squalls do not merit a monetary response, worries about the wider impact of the housing slump on America's economy may yet tip the balance.
  如果资本市场的呼声没有得到货币政策的响应，对房屋市场衰退将更大范围地影响美国经济的担心就会站到上风。
• But if these squalls continue, it is not just private-equity investors who will shiver.
  但如果这样的狂潮持续下去，会战栗的不仅仅是私募股权的投资者了。
• On the voyage of life, he thought, one is often caught in such squalls, squalls which Can capsize one's little boat.
  人生的旅途中也就时时会遇到这种不作美的转换方向的风，将人生的小帆船翻倒！