gale

英 [ɡeɪl]

美 [ɡeɪl]

n.  大风; 飓风; 一阵(阵)大笑声

复数：gales　

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牛津词典

noun

• 大风；飓风
  an extremely strong wind
  1. The gale blew down hundreds of trees.
     大风吹倒了数百棵树。
  2. gale-force winds
     七级以上的大风
  3. It's blowing a gale outside (= a strong wind is blowing) .
     外面在刮大风。
• 一阵（阵）大笑声
  the sound of people laughing very loudly
  1. His speech was greeted with gales of laughter.
     人们对他的演讲报以阵阵笑声。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大风；强风
  Agaleis a very strong wind.
  1. ...forecasts of fierce gales over the next few days.
     预报未来几天有超强大风
• N-COUNT 一阵（大笑声）
  You can refer to the loud noise made by a lot of people all laughing at the same time as agale oflaughter orgales oflaughter.
  1. This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience.
     观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

英英释义

noun

• a strong wind moving 45-90 knots

双语例句

• The gale uprooted the tree.
  风把树刮倒了。
• He disappears quickly as the gale continues to rage.
  就在大风肆虐时，他很快消失了。
• The gale has blown itself out.
  狂风平息下来了。
• We woke to find a gale blowing outside.
  我们醒来时发现外面狂风大作。
• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.
  昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast, there will be a gale tomorrow.
  据气象台预报，明天有大风。
• I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale
  我不顾十级大风沿着步行街挣扎前行。
• We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.
  我们这里什么风都有，从风平浪静到十级大风。
• I'm not going out-it's blowing a gale out there.
  我不出去了，因为外面在刮大风。
• It sank in a howling gale.
  它在呼啸的狂风中沉没了。