storm
暴风雨,风暴,暴雨,暴风雪
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Definitions
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- : a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- : a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a violent outbreak of thunder and lightning, unaccompanied by strong winds.
- : Also called violent storm .Meteorology. a wind of 64–72 miles per hour.
- : a violent military assault on a fortified place, strong position, or the like.
- : a heavy or sudden volley or discharge: a storm of criticism; a storm of bullets.
- : a violent disturbance of affairs, as a civil, political, social, or domestic commotion.
- : a violent outburst or outbreak of expression: a storm of applause.
- : Informal. storm window.
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- : to blow with unusual force, or to rain, snow, hail, etc., especially with violence: It stormed all day.
- : to rage or complain with violence or fury: He stormed angrily at me.
- : to deliver a violent attack or fire, as with artillery: The troops stormed against the garrison.
- : to rush to an assault or attack: The tanks stormed towards the city.
- : to rush angrily: to storm out of a room.
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- : to subject to or as if to a storm: The salesman stormed them with offers.
- : to utter or say with angry vehemence: The strikers stormed their demands.
- : to attack or assault: to storm a fortress.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Some of the most damaging storms to hit North America bear these names.
Five days after those lightning storms set California on fire, the flames reached his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains and burned it to ashes.
Hurricane season stretches into November, which means we have at least another month and of storms.
Although both of these storms should turn north well short of the continental United States, there is some concern about Paulette reaching Bermuda as a Category 1 hurricane by early next week.
Meanwhile, most teachers, students, and parents are essentially waiting for the storm to pass.
The Perfect Storm writer talks combat brotherhood and the threat posed by growing wealth inequality.
The fear that Pascal might weather the storm has Du Vernay, Oprah Winfrey, and other Hollywood elites pulling their punches.
Random House is also covering the legal fees of an innocent man called Barry who was caught up in the storm.
But so many years later, I still get a tense feeling in my stomach when I see a strong storm approaching.
Rather than storm the hospital, Tyreese says, the group should take a couple of cops hostage then set up a trade with Dawn.
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
This treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
It was depressing to think of going to bed in such circumstances with the yelling of an Arctic storm for a lullaby.
The storm, however, was over; the moon and stars were shining in a clear sky, and the aurora was dancing merrily.
While the fortress was undermining at home, they were not idle, who were preparing to storm it from abroad.