单词	stormy
释义	stormystorm‧y /ˈstɔːmi $ ˈstɔːr-/ ●●● S3 adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a stormy meeting a stormy winter night After a long and sometimes stormy discussion, a decision was finally reached. The December peace talks are likely to be stormy. Their relationship could be stormy at times. Their relationship has been often stormy. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A wild, stormy wind was blowing, and in the garden I passed the wreck of the great tree. He was ready to take on the salt air and the stormy sea. Instead he ran into stormy weather. This stormy summer threw down and scattered grain, held berries back from ripening. Unfortunately, my parents' marriage slowly hit stormy weather and they split up. We walked the town walls, whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick's stormy history. Thesaurus THESAURUS► windy if it is windy, there is a lot of wind: · It's too windy for a picnic.· a windy day in October ► blustery blustery weather is very windy, with sudden strong winds: · a cold and blustery day ► breezy if the weather is breezy, the wind blows fairly strongly: · a sunny but breezy day in springtime ► blowy informal windy: · It's a bit blowy out there.· The day was grey and cold and blowy. ► stormy if the weather is stormy, there are strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds: · The sky was starting to look stormy.· a period of stormy weather ► windswept a windswept place is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it: · The beach was cold and windswept.· Thousands of the birds live on the windswept islands off the north coast of Scotland. Longman Language Activatorwords for describing an angry meeting, argument etc► angry · I could hear my parents having an angry argument downstairs.· There were more angry protests outside the Republican convention Friday. ► furious a furious argument, discussion, disagreement etc is one in which people express very angry feelings: · A furious argument was taking place outside the pub.· The new import laws have provoked furious complaints from business groups. ► stormy something such as a discussion or relationship that is stormy is one in which angry feelings are often expressed: · The December peace talks are likely to be stormy.· After a long and sometimes stormy discussion, a decision was finally reached.· Their relationship could be stormy at times. ► heated : heated argument/debate/discussion etc angry and excited: · The gun control issue continues to be the subject of heated debate.· Ed and I used to stay up all night, drinking wine and having heated arguments about politics.· Things got very heated as I demanded he pay me full compensation. ► furore British /furor American a situation in which a lot of angry feelings are expressed, especially about something that a lot of people care about: · Addison's theory caused a furore in the academic world.furore over: · There was a furor over a recent exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art. ► uproar a situation in which a lot of people express angry feelings, shock, or disappointment at something they think is very wrong or unfair: · There was an immediate uproar when the company talked about cutting holiday time.set off an uproar: · The court's decision set off an uproar among religious activists. ► feelings run high if feelings run high a lot of people are feeling very angry and excited about something, especially something that affects them personally, or that they have very strong opinions about: · Feelings always run high in games between the two teams.· With the economy in ruins, feelings against the Prime Minister are running high. WORD SETS► Meteorology anticyclone, nounarid, adjectivebarometer, nouncirrus, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecloudbank, nouncold front, nouncontrary, adjectivecumulus, nouncyclone, noundeluge, noundepression, nounduster, noundust storm, nounequatorial, adjectivefront, nounfrontal system, nounheadwind, nounhumidity, nounhurricane, nouninversion, nounisobar, nounisotherm, nounjet stream, nounleeward, adjectivelow, nounlow-pressure, nounmaelstrom, nounmirage, nounmonsoon, nounnimbus, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectiveonshore, adjectivepeasouper, nounpowder, nounprecipitation, nounrainfall, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounsandstorm, nounsea breeze, nounsemitropical, adjectivesheet lightning, nounshipping forecast, nounshower, nounshowery, adjectivesirocco, nounsleet, nounslush, nounsmog, nounsouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesprinkle, nounsquall, nounsqually, adjectivestill, adjectivestorm, nounstorm cloud, nounstormy, adjectivestrength, nounsubside, verbsubtropical, adjectivesub-zero, adjectivetailwind, nountempest, nounthaw, verbthaw, nounthermal, nounthermometer, nounthunder, nounthunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderclap, nounthundercloud, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountornado, nountorrid, adjectivetrade wind, nountropical, adjectivetrough, nountsunami, nounturbulence, nounturbulent, adjectivetwister, nountyphoon, nounwarm front, nounwaterspout, nounweather, nounweatherman, nounweather vane, nounwest, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewhirlwind, nounwhiteout, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a stormy/turbulent relationship (=one that involves many arguments)· It had been a stormy relationship and there were frequent drunken rows. ► a stormy sea · a picture of a battleship in a stormy sea ► windy/stormy weather · In windy weather, water from the fountain is blown onto the paths. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► night · It was a wild, stormy night.· It was like falling asleep after a stormy night at sea.· It was a very stormy night, with a lot of wind and rain.· Step into the wheelhouse and take the helm on a dark and stormy night!· One dark, stormy night I visited the dying woman.· On stormy nights it had been exhilarating to fly in the teeth of the wind. ► relationship · Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago, he realised how much she had mellowed.· But Clinton and Morris had had a stormy relationship. ► sea · It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas.· He was ready to take on the salt air and the stormy sea.· On the seas and far away On stormy seas and far away.· Your kneecaps are my anchor in the stormy sea of life.· They rose unchallenged, like black rocks in a stormy sea.· Finally, wherever health-care reform may be on the stormy seas of the Clinton presidency, the public wants health-care reform. ► weather · It would also be easy to take down and stow in stormy weather.· It blamed lower holiday sales, crimped gross margin, stormy weather and higher costs.· Unfortunately, my parents' marriage slowly hit stormy weather and they split up.· Instead he ran into stormy weather.· It is frequently seen in stormy weather off the Cape of Good Hope and considered an omen of ill fortune.· That's where we're going: to New York and its stormy weather. Word family WORD FAMILYnounstormadjectivestormyverbstorm 1with strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds:  The sky was starting to look stormy. a dark and stormy night2a stormy relationship, meeting etc is full of strong and often angry feelings:  a stormy affair3stormy seas are very rough, with big waves that are caused by strong winds:  hostile, stormy seas
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