单词	tempest
释义	tempesttem‧pest /ˈtempɪst/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINtempest Origin: 1200-1300 Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestas ‘season, weather, storm’, from tempus ‘time’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Dunning and its January tempests seemed a world away. Everything swept so clean By tempest, wind and rain! The tempest may not be entirely over. The ancients staged mock battles to parallel the tempests in nature and reduce their fear of gods who warred across the sky. The screaming tempest whipped into the house, hurling furniture twenty feet into the air. They choked on the dirt gathered by the tempest, wiping it from their eyes as they ran. word sets 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 Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a tempest in a teapot Haley dismissed the lawsuit as a tempest in a teapot. 1literary a violent storm2a tempest in a teapot American English an unimportant matter that someone has become upset about:  Haley dismissed the lawsuit as a tempest in a teapot.
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