| 单词 | stormy |
| 释义 | stormy (once / 563 pages) adj Whether it’s your temper or the month of May, something characterized by turmoil and unpredictable outbursts can be called stormy. The word stormy describes weather conditions like thunder, lightening, dark clouds, wind, and pelting rain. The word also can be applied more broadly to describe things that seem as volatile and unpredictable as the weather, like a stormy debate that can get loud and angry, or a stormy relationship that is characterized by frequent outbursts of emotion, like downpour of feelings. WORD FAMILYstormy: stormier, stormiest, stormily, storminess+/storm: stormed, storming, storms, stormy USAGE EXAMPLESAfter all the stormy exchanges and recriminations, the remaining question is where Mr. Trump’s alliance with Mr. Netanyahu will lead. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The stormiest parts predate his football days, and he says he doesn’t even remember much of it. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Scotland is bracing itself for more disruption to travel and power supplies as a second wave of stormy weather approaches. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) 1adj (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion a stormy day wide and stormy seas Syn|Ant angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild (of the elements) as if showing violent anger billowing, billowy, surgingcharacterized by great swelling waves or surges blustering, blusterous, blusteryblowing in violent and abrupt bursts boisterous, fierce, roughviolently agitated and turbulent blowy, breezy, windyabounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes choppyrough with small waves dirtyunpleasantly stormy gusty, puffyblowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts squallycharacterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain thunderyaccompanied with thunder inclement(of weather or climate) severe unpeacefulnot peaceful calm (of weather) free from storm or wind placid, quiet, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves settlednot changeable windlesswithout or almost without wind peaceable, peacefulnot disturbed by strife or turmoil or war 2adj characterized by violent emotions or behavior a stormy argument a stormy marriage Syn tempestuous unpeaceful not peaceful |
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