tempest

英 [ˈtempɪst]

美 [ˈtempɪst]

n.  大风暴; 暴风雨; 暴风雪

复数：tempests　

GRE

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.
  1. 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。
• 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
  1. a tempest swept over the island
• a violent commotion or disturbance
  1. the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away
  2. it was only a tempest in a teapot
  Synonym:storm

双语例句

• 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。
• Then fear not the stormy tempest that is at this moment sweeping through your life.
  那麽，不要恐惧扫过你生命的暴风雨之试炼。
• But even the brightes days can be darkened by an unseen tempest.
  但是即使是最明媚的日子里，也可能会被未知的暴风雨所笼罩。
• Indeed they were at sea, and the ship and crew were in peril of tempest.
  实际上它们也确是在海上，这只小船和它的船员确已面临风暴袭来的危险。
• She had heard a piano arrangement of his overture to the tempest noble music!
  她听过他的《暴风雨》序曲的钢琴改编曲。
• And the tempest is coming, dear one.
  而风暴即将来袭，亲爱的。
• The wind grew to a tempest.
  风势加剧成了风暴。
• The Tempest was William Shakespeare's swan song in1612.
  《暴风雨》是威廉·莎士比亚于1612年的绝笔之作。
• The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
  这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。
• The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
  暴风雨使船触了礁。