n.[C]
- 暴風雨
The ship had no sooner dropped anchor than a
storm broke.
船剛下錨暴風雨就來了。
- (政治,社會等方面的)風暴,大動盪
- (感情的)爆發,激動[(+of)]
- (暴風雨般的)發作[(+of)]
A
storm of applause rose from the audience.
觀眾一陣喝采。
- 【軍】強擊,猛攻
vt.
- 猛攻;襲取;狠狠抨擊
The enemy troops
stormed the castle.
敵軍對城堡發動猛攻。
vi.
- 起風暴;下暴雨
It
stormed all day yesterday.
昨天整日刮風下雨。
- 橫衝直撞,猛衝[Q]
He
stormed out of the room in a rage.
他怒氣沖沖地衝出房間。
- 暴怒;怒罵[(+at)]
She
stormed at her son for talking back.
她因兒子頂嘴而對他大發脾氣。
- 強擊,猛攻
片語
After a storm (comes) a calm.
- 雨過天晴。
a storm in a teacup
- 小題大作
His anger was unreasonable,
a storm in a teacup.
他發怒毫無道理,只是小題大作。
ride out a storm
- 渡過難關
You must work hard to
ride out a storm.
你們必須努力工作以渡過難關。
take by storm
- 攻佔;強奪
Hitler
took Paris
by storm.
希特勒迅速攻佔巴黎。
- 使神魂顛倒;完全征服(觀眾)等
The Beatles
took the pop music world
by storm.
披頭四令流行音樂界傾倒。
辨析
n.
- a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
- a sudden violent display of strong feeling.
- a direct assault by troops.
v.
- move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction.
- (of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a place).
- shout angrily.
-
(it storms, it is storming, etc.)
be stormy.
Phrase
- go down a storm
be enthusiastically received. - storm and stress
another term for Sturm und Drang. - a storm in a teacup
Brit. great anger or excitement about a trivial matter. - take something by storm
- capture a place by a sudden and violent attack.
- have great and rapid success.
- —— up a storm
chiefly N. Amer. perform the specified action with great enthusiasm and energy.
Derivative
Etymology
OE, of Gmc origin; prob. rel. to stir1.