storms

柯林斯词典

storm /stɔːm/ (storming,stormed,storms)

• 1. N-COUNT A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning. 暴风雨

  ...the violent storms which whipped the East Coast. …席卷东海岸的猛烈暴风雨。

• 2. N-COUNT If something causes a storm, it causes an angry or excited reaction from a large number of people. 强烈的反响

  The photos caused a storm when they were first published. 那些照片最初出版时引起强烈的反响。

• 3. N-COUNT A storm of applause or other noise is a sudden loud amount of it made by an audience or other group of people in reaction to something. 暴风雨般的声音

  His speech was greeted with a storm of applause. 他的演讲博得暴风雨般的掌声。

• 4. V-I If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry. 气冲冲地走

  After a bit of an argument, he stormed out. 一次小小的争吵之后，他就气冲冲地走出去。

• 5. V-T If a place that is being defended is stormed, a group of people attack it, usually in order to get inside it. 猛攻

  Government buildings have been stormed and looted. 政府大楼已遭到猛攻和抢掠。

• 6. stormingN-UNCOUNT 猛攻

  ...the storming of the Bastille. …对巴士底狱的猛攻。

• 7. PHRASE If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful. 在某处大获成功

  Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm. 肯尼亚的长跑运动员在田径界大获成功。

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