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 seems to be calming down.
  暴风雨似乎正在平息下来。
• And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
  他对他们说、你们将我抬起来、抛在海中、海就平静了.我知道你们遭这大风、是因我的缘故。
• 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。
• The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.
  暴风雨使船触了礁。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And the tempest is coming, dear one.
  而风暴即将来袭，亲爱的。