tempestuous
英 [tem'pestj??s]
美[t?m'p?st?u?s]
- adj. 有暴風(fēng)雨的；暴亂的；劇烈的
GRE
中文詞源
tempestuous 狂暴的
來自 tempest,狂暴天氣，暴風(fēng)雨。
英文詞源
- tempestuous (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin tempestuosus "stormy, turbulent," from Latin tempestas "storm, commotion, time" (see tempest). The figurative sense is older in English; literal sense is from c. 1500. Related: Tempestuously; tempestuousness.
雙語例句
- 1. For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines.
- 有好多年，那對夫妻跌宕起伏的關(guān)系總是登上報(bào)紙頭條。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Somehow the marriage lasted for eight tempestuous months.
- 不管怎么說，那場婚姻還是維持了8個月，其間雙方的關(guān)系一直很緊張。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She burst into a tempestuous fit of anger.
- 她勃然大怒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. " Dark and tempestuous was night.
- “ 夜色深沉,狂風(fēng)肆虐,暴雨傾盆.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險
- 5. She is in a tempestuous mood.
- 她心理很亂.
來自辭典例句