tempest

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A storm, especially one with severe winds.
    — For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.
  2. Any violent tumult or commotion.
    — Comforted with these reflections, the tempest of his soul subsided
  3. A fashionable social gathering; a drum. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To storm. intransitive,rare
  2. To disturb, as by a tempest. poetic,transitive
    — . . . the seal And bended dolphins play; part huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean.

词形变化

tempests plural tempests present,singular,third-person tempesting participle,present tempested participle,past tempested past

词汇关系

衍生词
paleotempestology supertempest tempestful tempest in a teacup tempest in a tea-kettle tempest in a teapot tempestite tempestless tempest-tossed tempestuate tempestuous untempested

词源

词源 1
From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”). Displaced native Old English hrīþ.
词源 2
From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”). Displaced native Old English hrīþ.
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