英语词汇“tempest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tem·pest

(tĕmpĭst)

1. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.

2. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: "The tempest in my mind / Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare).

tr.v. tem·pest·ed, tem·pest·ing, tem·pests

To cause a tempest around or in.

Idiom:

tempest in a teacup/teapot

A great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little or no importance.

[Middle English, from Old French tempeste, from Vulgar Latin *tempesta, variant of Latin tempestās, from tempus, time.]

单词	tempest
释义	tem·pest (tĕmpĭst) n. 1. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail. 2. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: "The tempest in my mind / Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare). tr.v. tem·pest·ed, tem·pest·ing, tem·pests To cause a tempest around or in. *Idiom:* *tempest in a* *teacup/teapot*** A great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little or no importance. [Middle English, from Old French tempeste, from Vulgar Latin tempesta, variant of Latin tempestās, from tempus*, time.]
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