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
- 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。 - His most enigmatic paintings, such as The Tempest and The Three Philosophers, have no obvious subject.
他最具神秘感的画作都没有明显的主题，像大风暴和三贤哲。 - 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 in my mind/ Doth from my senses take all feeling
我脑海中的风暴/从我的感觉中迸发所有的情感 - The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
暴风雨使船触了礁。 - 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。 - The wind grew to a tempest.
风势加剧成了风暴。 - 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。 - And the tempest is coming, dear one.
而风暴即将来袭，亲爱的。 - I speak in the tempest loud.
我在响亮的暴风雨里发言。