| 单词 | tempestuous |
| 释义 | tempestuous —tempestuously, adv. —tempestuousness, n. /tem pes"chooh euhs/, adj. 1. characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean. 2. of the nature of or resembling a tempest: a tempestuous wind. 3. tumultuous; turbulent: a tempestuous period in history. [1500-10; < LL tempestuosus, deriv. of tempestus, var. of TEMPESTAS TEMPEST (see -OUS); r. earlier tempeste(u)ous, tempestious (see -EOUS, -IOUS)] Syn. 2. violent, stormy. |
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