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

• 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。
• The wind grew to a tempest.
  风势加剧成了风暴。
• The ship fell on a tempest in theocean.
  这条船在大洋中遭遇到暴风雨。
• No tempest is capable of shattering his firm determination.
  任何惊涛骇浪都不能动摇他坚如磐石的决心。
• The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
  暴风雨使船触了礁。
• 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。
• I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause
  我没有料到我的请求会掀起这么大一场风波。
• Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.
  她如暴风雨般震动我们脚下的大地，摇撼我们头上的天空。
• I speak in the tempest loud.
  我在响亮的暴风雨里发言。
• The tempest seems to be calming down.
  暴风雨似乎正在平息下来。