tempest是什么意思？

tempest

英[ˈtempɪst] 美[ˈtɛmpɪst]

• n. 暴风雨，似风暴般的事物，骚动，风波；
• vt. 使遭暴风雨（或雪），使骚动，使激动；
• vi. 起暴风雨（或雪），骚动，激动；

复数：tempests;

例句

• 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。
• The tempest beats against the house. 暴风雨冲击着这座房子。
• a windy tempest 大风暴
• 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.
• The sailors took in sail when the tempest was approaching. 暴风雨来临之际,水手们将帐篷放下.
• The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism. 这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

同义词

• n.
  tempest的同义词之：暴风雨;骚乱
  violence, storm,
• tempest的同义词之：其他释义
  storm, fury, tornado, violence,

词组

• a tempest in a teapot
  North American term for a storm in a teacup (see storm) (北美)。 同 a storm in a teacup （见 storm）
• tempest in a teacup 或 tempest in a teapot
  A great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little or no importance. 小题大作：为小事或不重要的事大发脾气

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  暴风雨
  A tempest is a very violent storm.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  风波;风暴
  You can refer to a situation in which people are very angry or excited as a tempest .
  例句
  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。 The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism. 这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  暴风雨,暴风雪
  a windy tempest 大风暴 The tempest beats against the house. 暴风雨冲击着这座房子。 The sailors took in sail when the tempest was approaching. 暴风雨来临之际，水手们将帐篷放下。
  似风暴般的事物
  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。
  骚动;风波
  The scandal caused tempests in the newspapers. 那丑闻在报纸上掀起了阵阵风波。
• vt.
  使骚动;使激动
  His house is tempested by female eloquence. 他的屋子里充满了女人滔滔雄辩的喧哗。
• vi.
  骚动;激动
  She tempested out. 她狂怒地走了出去。

英英词典释义

• 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"