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gale 音标拼音: [g'el]
n. 狂风,大风,定期租金 狂风,大风,定期租金 gale n 1: a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale Gale \Gale\, n. [OE. gal. See {Gale} wind.] A song or story. [Obs.] --Toone. [1913 Webster] Gale \Gale\, v. i. [AS. galan. See 1st {Gale}.] To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." --Court of Love. [1913 Webster] Gale \Gale\ (g[=a]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[=o]la gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. {Yell}.] 1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called {tempests}. [1913 Webster] Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen ("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an our. --Sir. W. S. Harris. [1913 Webster] 2. A moderate current of air; a breeze. [1913 Webster] A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. [1913 Webster] The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. --Brooke (Eastford). [1913 Webster] {Topgallant gale} (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails. [1913 Webster] Gale \Gale\, n. [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Myrica}, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale ({Myrica Gale}) is found both in Europe and in America. [1913 Webster] Gale \Gale\, n. [Cf. {Gabel}.] The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] {Gale day}, the day on which rent or interest is due. [1913 Webster] Gale \Gale\, v. i. (Naut.) To sale, or sail fast. [1913 Webster] 68 Moby Thesaurus words for "gale": air, black squall, blast, blaze, blizzard, blow, breeze, burst, convulsion, cooling breeze, cyclone, equinoctial, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, gentle wind, gust, half a gale, heavy blow, howl, hurricane, ill wind, irruption, light air, light breeze, light wind, line squall, line storm, moderate breeze, ocean breeze, onshore breeze, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, peal, roar, scream, sea breeze, seizure, shout, shriek, softblowing wind, spasm, squall, squall line, storm, storm wind, stormy winds, strong wind, tempest, tempestuous wind, thick squall, thundersquall, tornado, tropical cyclone, turbulence, typhoon, ugly wind, upheaval, violent blow, whirlwind, white squall, whole gale, williwaw, wind-shift line, windstorm, zephyr
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