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

• 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。
• 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。
• The Tempest was William Shakespeare's swan song in1612.
  《暴风雨》是威廉·莎士比亚于1612年的绝笔之作。
• A raging tempest [ sea] a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  狂暴的暴风雨[海]伴有雷电的短的风暴。
• 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 wind grew to a tempest.
  风势加剧成了风暴。
• 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。
• 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 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
• 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。