tempest是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)a tempest in a teapot茶杯里的风暴；大惊小怪, 小题大做

双语例句

(1)Franklin led the army to calm the tempest quickly.

富兰克林带领军队很快平息了这场动乱。

(2)The tempest destroyed the wooden bridge across the river.

这场暴风雨摧毁了过河的木桥。

(3)The local villagers would hide in warm wooden houses when the tempest came.

当地村民在暴风雪来临时都会躲在温暖的木屋里。

(4)For some, it may seem silly, a tempest in a teapot.

对有些人来说，这似乎很荒唐，是小题大做。

(5)I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.

我没有想到我的请求会带来这么大一场风波。

(6)By and by the tempest spent itself and died without accomplishing its object.

渐渐地，暴风雨耗尽了它的力量，没有达到目的就消失了。

(7)The Tempest contains certain antimasque elements, such as the conspiracies for murder.

《暴风雨》包含某些滑稽戏元素，如谋杀阴谋。

(8)Most corallum is broken up to be transported coast-ward along tidal channels by the tempest tide.

大部分珊瑚被打碎，并被风暴潮携带，沿潮道向海岸方向搬运。

同义词

n. 暴风雨；骚动；动乱

vt. 使狂怒；扰乱，使激动

vi. 小题大作；起大风暴

同根词

词根 tempest

(1)tempestuous adj. 有暴风雨的；暴乱的；剧烈的

(2)tempestuousness n. 风暴；剧烈

释义

n.

a violent windy storm

大风暴；暴风雨；暴风雪。

短语

a tempest in a teapot North American term for a storm in a teacup. 〈北美〉 同a storm in a teacup（见ＳＴＯＲＭ）

词源

"Middle English： from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestas ‘season, weather, storm', from tempus ‘time, season’."