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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• I'll sail on the flood of the tempest dark.
  在浩瀚幽黑的风暴中起航。
• 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。
• 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。
• His most enigmatic paintings, such as The Tempest and The Three Philosophers, have no obvious subject.
  他最具神秘感的画作都没有明显的主题，像大风暴和三贤哲。
• 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 ship fell on a tempest in theocean.
  这条船在大洋中遭遇到暴风雨。
• 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。