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

• 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
• 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。
• 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 fell on a tempest in theocean.
  这条船在大洋中遭遇到暴风雨。
• 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。
• Caliban is always a difficult part to cast in the tempest.
  在《暴风雨》这出戏里，卡利班一向是个难以寻找适当演员的角色。
• 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。
• I'll sail on the flood of the tempest dark.
  在浩瀚幽黑的风暴中起航。
• The tempest seems to be calming down.
  暴风雨似乎正在平息下来。
• The wind grew to a tempest.
  风势加剧成了风暴。