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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The tempest seems to be calming down.
暴风雨似乎正在平息下来。 - 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。 - 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。 - The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
暴风雨使船触了礁。 - 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。 - The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。 - 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。