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单词 tempest-tossed
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tempest-tossedadj.

Brit. /ˈtɛmpᵻs(t)ˌtɒst/, /ˈtɛmpᵻs(t)ˌtɔːst/, U.S. /ˈtɛmpəs(t)ˌtɔst/, /ˈtɛmpəs(t)ˌtɑst/
Forms: see tempest n. and tossed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tempest n., tossed adj.
Etymology: < tempest n. + tossed adj.
Tossed by or as by a tempest.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > storm-tossed
forstormed1393
sea-beaten1562
sea-beat1579
storm-beaten1582
storm-beat1590
tempest-tossed1599
tempest-beaten1605
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > accompanied with or done in rough weather > tossed or beaten by storms
storm-beat1590
tempest-tossed1599
tempest-beaten1605
tempesteda1631
bestormed1837
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 137 The windes thy sighes..will ouerset Thy tempest tossed body. View more context for this quotation
a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase ii. ii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 251 Thus had his age, dark, cold, and tempest-tost, Shone truth upon Zonoras.
1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 8 My heart is no more tempest-toss'd.
1984 Times 10 Mar. 17/1 People wrangle and row as though they were part of a tempest-tossed drama by John Cassavetes.

Derivatives

ˈtempest-ˌtoss v. (transitive and intransitive) to toss or pitch about as a tempest or a tempestuous sea; to agitate or be agitated violently.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > violently or convulsively
tempest1390
tempest-tossa1616
tumultuate1616
convulse1643
tumult1819
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 24 Though his Barke cannot be lost, Yet it shall be Tempest-tost . View more context for this quotation
1681 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 77 Where peevish coyness and disdain Do tempest-toss the mind.
1747 P. Francis tr. Horace Epist. i. xi. 19 Though by strong Winds your Bark were Tempest-tost.
1883 E. Lazarus in Catal. Pedestal Fund. Exhib. (National Acad. Design) 9 Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
ˈtempest-ˌtossing n. violent agitation by or as by a tempest, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > violent agitation
boilingc1660
convulsiona1701
tempest-tossing1867
paroxysm1893
1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) xii. 233 Those very afflictions and tempest-tossings which the Church bewails.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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