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tempest-tossed

/tem-pist-tawst, -tost/US // ˈtɛm pɪstˈtɔst, -ˈtɒst //

抛物线,抛出,抛锚的,抛锚

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : buffeted about, as by adversities.

Examples

  • One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.

  • Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.

  • When the alleged victim threatened to call 911, she says, Mulvehill tossed her phone out of her reach and held her by the arm.

  • His weapons charges have been tossed, and racketeering could be next.

  • And last week, a Mexican federal court tossed out weapons charges that had been lodged against him when he was arrested.

  • He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

  • With a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.

  • His soul was tossed on the billows of a tempestuous ocean, in the midst of which he saw his father perishing.

  • In truth, M. de Biancourt's goodness and prudence seemed much shaken by this tempest of human passions.

  • He got up abruptly, tossed his cigarette over the wall into the river, then sat down again.