tempest

['tempist]

n.暴风雨, 骚动

例句与用法：

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。

A mischievous spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

阿里尔莎士比亚戏剧中的一个淘气的精灵(出自)暴风雨

The scandal caused tempests in the newspaper.

那件丑闻在报纸上引起阵阵风波。

It was a marvelous night with a tempest to rouse the gods.

真是个美妙的夜晚，暴风雨惊天动地。

词形变化：

动词过去式: tempested | 动词过去分词: tempested | 动词现在分词: tempesting | 动词第三人称单数: tempests |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 暴风雨, 暴风雪; 似风暴般的事物

The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.

暴风雨使船触了礁。

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。

2. 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.

1. 使遭暴风雨(或雪)

2. 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.

1. 起暴风雨(或雪)

2. 骚动; 激动

She tempested out.

她狂怒地走了出去。