n.[C]
- 暴风雨
The ship had no sooner dropped anchor than a
storm broke.
船刚下锚暴风雨就来了。
- (政治、社会等方面的)风暴,大动荡
- (感情的)爆发,激动[(+of)]
- (暴风雨般的)发作[(+of)]
A
storm of applause rose from the audience.
观众一阵喝彩。
- 【军】强击,猛攻
vt.
- 猛攻;袭取;狠狠抨击
The enemy troops
stormed the castle.
敌军对城堡发动猛攻。
vi.
- 起风暴;下暴雨
It
stormed all day yesterday.
昨天整日刮风下雨。
- 横冲直撞,猛冲[Q]
He
stormed out of the room in a rage.
他怒气冲冲地冲出房间。
- 暴怒;怒骂[(+at)]
She
stormed at her son for talking back.
她因儿子顶嘴而对他大发脾气。
- 强击,猛攻
短语
After a storm (comes) a calm.
- 雨过天晴。
a storm in a teacup
- 小题大做
His anger was unreasonable,
a storm in a teacup.
他发怒毫无道理,只是小题大做。
ride out a storm
- 渡过难关
You must work hard to
ride out a storm.
你们必须努力工作以渡过难关。
take by storm
- 攻占;强夺
Hitler
took Paris by storm.
希特勒迅速攻占巴黎。
We
took the town
by storm.
我们攻占了那座城镇。
- 使神魂颠倒;完全征服(观众等)
The Beatles
took the pop music world by storm.
披头士令流行音乐界倾倒。
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.