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stormy petrel

暴风雨中的海燕,暴风鸌,风暴海燕,暴风雪海燕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
    • : a person who causes or likes trouble or strife.

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Examples

  • Subsequent guests have included comedian Margaret Cho and self proclaimed “hurricane of intellectual sexuality,” Stormy Leather.

  • The word most used to describe it, including by Kathryn, was “stormy.”

  • The log cabin in which they sleep has no floor or window, and wind and rain pour in during the stormy days.

  • In riveting testimony, Arias also described the stormy affair that had led her to the courtroom.

  • A couple getting off the Gray Line tour bus had just flown in from Mexico City on Wednesday night, missing the stormy conditions.

  • It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.

  • Little Rye was sown, but that little is very good; Barley is suffering from the stormy weather, but is quite thrifty.

  • The season was stormy, and contrary winds prevailed the greater part of the time.

  • From the 5th to the 10th of July, we had continued stormy and cold weather, with a heavy sea, and great rolling of the ship.

  • It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.