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
- 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 speak in the tempest loud.
 我在响亮的暴风雨里发言。
- Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.
 她如暴风雨般震动我们脚下的大地,摇撼我们头上的天空。
- 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。
- And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
 他对他们说、你们将我抬起来、抛在海中、海就平静了.我知道你们遭这大风、是因我的缘故。
- 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。
- I'll sail on the flood of the tempest dark.
 在浩瀚幽黑的风暴中起航。
- 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。
- The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
 暴风雨使船触了礁。
- I believe, there is always a tempest after a beautiful rainbow appear.
 我坚信,在暴风骤雨后,总会有一条美丽的彩虹出现。
