gale

英 [ɡeɪl]

美 [ɡeɪl]

n.  大风; 飓风; 一阵(阵)大笑声

复数：gales　

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牛津词典

noun

• 大风；飓风
  an extremely strong wind
  1. The gale blew down hundreds of trees.
     大风吹倒了数百棵树。
  2. gale-force winds
     七级以上的大风
  3. It's blowing a gale outside (= a strong wind is blowing) .
     外面在刮大风。
• 一阵（阵）大笑声
  the sound of people laughing very loudly
  1. His speech was greeted with gales of laughter.
     人们对他的演讲报以阵阵笑声。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大风；强风
  Agaleis a very strong wind.
  1. ...forecasts of fierce gales over the next few days.
     预报未来几天有超强大风
• N-COUNT 一阵（大笑声）
  You can refer to the loud noise made by a lot of people all laughing at the same time as agale oflaughter orgales oflaughter.
  1. This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience.
     观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

英英释义

noun

• a strong wind moving 45-90 knots

双语例句

• We woke to find a gale blowing outside.
  我们醒来时发现外面狂风大作。
• It sank in a howling gale.
  它在呼啸的狂风中沉没了。
• He disappears quickly as the gale continues to rage.
  就在大风肆虐时，他很快消失了。
• A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy.
  狂风大作，海面上波浪起伏。
• I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale
  我不顾十级大风沿着步行街挣扎前行。
• A gale has risen and is sweeping the clouds across the sky.
  大风起兮云飞扬。
• Efforts to staunch the spill of crude oil from a tanker off the north coast of Scotland are being held up by gale force winds.
  为阻止苏格兰北部沿海一艘油轮的原油泄漏所进行的堵漏工作因风暴天气而告中断。
• A sudden gale struck.
  狂风骤起。
• The gale blew down the flagstaff.
  狂风把旗杆吹倒了。
• We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.
  我们这里什么风都有，从风平浪静到十级大风。