TEMPEST 音标拼音: [t'ɛmpəst]
n . 暴风雨,骚乱
vt . 使狂怒,扰乱,使激动
暴风雨,骚乱使狂怒,扰乱,使激动
tempest n 1 :
a violent commotion or disturbance ; "
the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away "; "
it was only a tempest in a teapot " [
synonym : {
storm }, {
tempest }]
2 : (
literary )
a violent wind ; "
a tempest swept over the island "
Tempest \
Tem "
pest \,
n . [
OF .
tempeste ,
F .
temp [^
e ]
te , (
assumed )
LL .
tempesta ,
fr .
L .
tempestas a portion of time ,
a season ,
weather ,
storm ,
akin to tempus time .
See {
Temporal }
of time .]
1 .
An extensive current of wind ,
rushing with great velocity and violence ,
and commonly attended with rain ,
hail ,
or snow ;
a furious storm .
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[
We ]
caught in a fiery tempest ,
shall be hurled ,
Each on his rock transfixed . --
Milton .
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2 .
Fig .:
Any violent tumult or commotion ;
as ,
a political tempest ;
a tempest of war ,
or of the passions .
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3 .
A fashionable assembly ;
a drum .
See the Note under {
Drum },
n .,
4 . [
Archaic ] --
Smollett .
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Note :
Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self -
explaining compounds ;
as ,
tempest -
beaten ,
tempest -
loving ,
tempest -
tossed ,
tempest -
winged ,
and the like .
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Syn :
Storm ;
agitation ;
perturbation .
See {
Storm }.
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Tempest \
Tem "
pest \,
v .
t . [
Cf .
OF .
tempester ,
F .
temp [^
e ]
ter to rage .]
To disturb as by a tempest . [
Obs .]
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Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy ,
enormous in their gait ,
Tempest the ocean . --
Milton .
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Tempest \
Tem "
pest \,
v .
i .
To storm . [
Obs .] --
B .
Jonson .
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70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tempest ":
agitation ,
black squall ,
blaze ,
blizzard ,
blow ,
brouhaha ,
burst ,
chaos ,
commotion ,
convulsion ,
cyclone ,
dirty weather ,
disorder ,
disruption ,
disturbance ,
equinoctial ,
eruption ,
explosion ,
ferment ,
fit ,
flare -
up ,
foul weather ,
gale ,
gust ,
half a gale ,
heavy blow ,
hurly -
burly ,
hurricane ,
ill wind ,
irruption ,
line squall ,
line storm ,
outbreak ,
outburst ,
paroxysm ,
perturbation ,
rainstorm ,
riot ,
rough weather ,
seizure ,
snowstorm ,
spasm ,
squall ,
squall line ,
storm ,
storm wind ,
stormy weather ,
stormy winds ,
strong wind ,
tempestuous rage ,
tempestuous wind ,
thick squall ,
thundersquall ,
thunderstorm ,
tornado ,
tropical cyclone ,
tumult ,
turbulence ,
typhoon ,
ugly wind ,
unrest ,
upheaval ,
uproar ,
violent blow ,
whirlwind ,
white squall ,
whole gale ,
williwaw ,
wind -
shift line ,
windstorm
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