n.[C]

1. 暴风雨，暴风雪；似风暴般的事物
   The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.

   暴风雨使船触了礁。

   He won a tempest of applause when he ended his speech.

   演讲结束时，他博得暴风雨般的掌声。

2. 骚动；风波
   The scandal caused tempests in the newspapers.

   那丑闻在报纸上掀起了阵阵风波。

vt.

1. 使遭暴风雨（或雪）
2. 使骚动；使激动
   His house is tempested by female eloquence.

   他的屋子里充满了女人滔滔雄辩的喧哗。

vi.

1. 起暴风雨（或雪）
2. 骚动；激动
   She tempested out.

   她狂怒地走了出去。

n.