tempest
英 [ˈtempɪst]
美 [ˈtempɪst]
n. 大风暴; 暴风雨; 暴风雪
复数：tempests
BNC.14935 / COCA.22268
习惯用语
n.
- a tempest in a teapota tempest in a teapot
牛津词典
noun
- 大风暴；暴风雨；暴风雪
a violent storm
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 暴风雨
Atempestis a very violent storm.- Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country.
狂风暴雨横扫全国，所到之处，一片狼藉。
- Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country.
- 我没有料到我的请求会掀起这么大一场风波。 → see:I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause...
英英释义
noun
- (literary) a violent wind
- a tempest swept over the island
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away
- it was only a tempest in a teapot
双语例句
- One of our favourite Watson moments was when she stepped out in this William Tempest sheer navy number.
当她穿着WilliamTempest清透的海军蓝晚礼裙款款走来&这定格为沃特森最动人的瞬间之一。 - Analysis of Mesoscale Circulation Characteristic on a Local Torrential Rain Event a tempest swept over the island.
青岛一次局地大暴雨的中尺度环流特征分析一阵暴风雨刮过小岛。 - The ship was assailed by a severe storm The tempest beats against the house.
那船遭到大风暴的袭击。暴风雨冲击着这座房子。 - I'll sail on the flood of the tempest dark.
在浩瀚幽黑的风暴中起航。 - On Capitol Hill, senators today appear to view the matter as something of a tempest in a teapot.
美国国会的参议员们今天似乎把这个问题小题大做了。 - Let the human tempest and hurricane rage at a distance, the desolation is beyond the horizon of peace.
让人类的暴风骤雨在远方肆虐的荒凉超越了地平线上。 - The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。 - But what seems like a routine mission is anything but when the hurricane grows into a churning tempest.
但似乎是任何东西，但是当飓风搅拌成暴风雨增长像例行任务。 - He could not confront again the loneliness and the tempest.
他再也经不住孤单寂寞的侵袭和暴风雨的冲击。 - A raging tempest [ sea] a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning.
狂暴的暴风雨[海]伴有雷电的短的风暴。