| 单词 | white squall |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite squall white squall n. a squall which is not accompanied by dark clouds; cf. squall n.3 1c. ΚΠ a1771 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) ii. 83 On the 10th, we had squally weather, with the wind at S. S. W. saw some sea-weed, and had several white squalls, which looked as if we had been near land. 1841 F. A. Olmsted Incidents Whaling Voy. (1969) 359 Cape Hatteras..is famous for sudden gusts of wind, called by seamen ‘white squalls’, that without any warning, strike a ship in all their fury. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 136 We had a black squall astern on the port side and a white squall ahead to starboard. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 76 Cooler heads hold that the [Gulf] Stream itself..with its notoriously bumpy weather, is sufficient to account for..‘white squalls’ like the one that capsized and sank Maryland's own Pride of Baltimore. < as lemmas |
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