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
• I'll sail on the flood of the tempest dark.
  在浩瀚幽黑的风暴中起航。
• 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 ship fell on a tempest in theocean.
  这条船在大洋中遭遇到暴风雨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
  暴风雨使船触了礁。
• 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。
• The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
  这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。