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storm noun | verb
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storm / stCrm ; stC:m /noun
1. Ca period of very bad weather when there is a lot of rain or snow, strong winds, and often LIGHTNING暴风雨:
The storm broke (=suddenly started) at five o'clock.五点钟时,暴风雨突然来袭。
a night-time thunderstorm 夜间的雷雨
Twenty people were killed when storms struck the Mid-West.暴风雨袭击中西部,造成二十人死亡。
There's a storm brewing (=starting) in the Pacific.太平洋上正酝酿着一场暴风雨。
a dust storm尘暴
a summer storm夏天的暴风雨
2. C usually singulara situation in which people suddenly express very strong feelings about something that someone has said or done〔感情的〕爆发,迸发:
The governor found himself at the center of a political storm .州长发现自己处于一场政治风暴的中心。
storm of protest / abuse / criticism etc
Government plans for hospital closures provoked a storm of protest.政府关闭医院的计划激起了一片抗议声。
3. take somewhere by storm
a. to be very successful in a particular place在某地大获成功:
The new show took London by storm.这部新剧在伦敦大获成功。
b. to attack a place using large numbers of soldiers, and succeed in getting possession of it〔以优势兵力成功地〕突袭攻占某处
4. weather the storm to experience a difficult period and reach the end of it without being harmed or damaged too much渡过难关,经受住考验:
I'll stay and weather the storm.我要留下来渡过难关。
5. a storm in a teacup BrEan unnecessary expression of strong feelings about something that is very unimportant茶杯里的风波,小题大做,大惊小怪
6. dance / sing / cook etc up a storm to do something with all your energy起劲地跳舞/唱歌/烹调等:
They were dancing up a storm.他们正在尽情地跳舞。

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stormverb
1. Tto suddenly attack and enter a place using a lot of force猛烈攻击,突然袭击:
An angry crowd stormed the embassy.愤怒的人群突然袭击大使馆。
2. I always + adv / prepto go somewhere in a noisy fast way that shows you are extremely angry气冲冲地走:
[+ out of / into / off etc ]
Alan stormed out of the room.埃伦气冲冲地走出房间。
3. I,Tliteraryto shout something in an angry way怒吼:
'What difference does it make?' she stormed.“那有什么区别?”她怒吼道。

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