tempest

英 ['tempɪst] 美 ['tempɪst]

• n. 暴风雨；骚动

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 暴风雨
2. 骚动
3. 暴风雪
4. 大风暴
5. 风波
6. 动乱
7. 风潮
8. 暴动
9. 雷雨
10. 恶劣天气
11. 大风雪
12. 似风暴般的事物
13. 坦贝丝特
14. 骚乱

v. 动词

1. 使遭暴风雨
2. 使骚动
3. 使激动
4. 起暴风雨
5. 狂暴
6. 大发雷霆
7. 使狂怒
8. 动荡
9. 狂怒
10. 扰乱
11. 使扰乱
12. 使…腾涌

英英释义

Noun:

1. a violent commotion or disturbance;

   "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"
   "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
   

2. (literary) a violent wind;

   "a tempest swept over the island"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
   暴风雨使船触了礁。
2. The tempest seems to be calming down.
   暴风雨似乎正在平息下来。
3. The tempest had been as brief as terrific.
   这一场暴风雨持续的时间虽然不长，但是却十分凶猛。
4. The political tempest finally subsided.
   这场政治风暴终于平息了。
5. The scandal caused tempests in the newspaper.
   那件丑闻在报纸上引起阵阵风波。
6. He won a tempest of applause when he ended his speech.
   演讲结束时，他博得暴风雨般的掌声。

经典引文

• A Station safe for Ships, when Tempests roar.

  出自： Dryden

• The whole air filled..with a tempest of sand driving in your face like sleet.

  出自： A. P. Stanley

词汇搭配

• a tempest in a teapot 小题大作, 大惊小怪...
• a storm in a teacup <主英>茶杯里掀起...
• storm 暴风雨
• tempest in a teapot 小事引起的轩然大波(...
• tempest in a bucket 小事引起的轩然大波(...
• tempest in a barrel 小事引起的轩然大波(...
• tempest in a tea-pot "茶壶中的风波",小...

近反义词

【近义词】

• storm 暴风雨
• violence 猛烈
• gale 狂风
• fury 愤怒
• tornado 龙卷风
• uproar 骚动
• commotion 骚动
• tumult 骚乱
• upheaval 向上的运动
• disturbance 扰乱
• riot 暴乱
• brouhaha 吵闹
• thunderstorm 雷暴雨
• hurricane 飓风
• cyclone 旋风
• rainstorm 暴风雨
• snowstorm 暴风雪
• blizzard 暴风雪
• whirlwind 旋风