tempest
英 [ˈtempɪst]
美 [ˈtempɪst]
n. 大风暴; 暴风雨; 暴风雪
复数：tempests
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.- 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。
- Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country.
- 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
- a tempest swept over the island
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away
- it was only a tempest in a teapot
双语例句
- I speak in the tempest loud.
我在响亮的暴风雨里发言。 - One of our favourite Watson moments was when she stepped out in this William Tempest sheer navy number.
当她穿着WilliamTempest清透的海军蓝晚礼裙款款走来&这定格为沃特森最动人的瞬间之一。 - 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 - Caliban is always a difficult part to cast in the tempest.
在《暴风雨》这出戏里，卡利班一向是个难以寻找适当演员的角色。 - The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。 - The ship fell on a tempest in theocean.
这条船在大洋中遭遇到暴风雨。 - The tempest seems to be calming down.
暴风雨似乎正在平息下来。 - 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。 - 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 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。