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

• 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。
• 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 believe, there is always a tempest after a beautiful rainbow appear.
  我坚信，在暴风骤雨后，总会有一条美丽的彩虹出现。
• 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。
• The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
  这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But even the brightes days can be darkened by an unseen tempest.
  但是即使是最明媚的日子里，也可能会被未知的暴风雨所笼罩。
• The ship fell on a tempest in theocean.
  这条船在大洋中遭遇到暴风雨。