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- a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow风暴; 暴（风）雨; 暴（风）雪。
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- （亦作storm system）an intense low-pressure weather system; a cyclone强低气压天气; 旋风。
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- a wind of force 10 on the Beaufort scale (48-55 knots or 88-102 kph)狂风（蒲福风级10级, 风速48-55海里/时, 即88-102公里/时）。
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- a heavy discharge of missiles or blows暴雨般的飞弹（或打击）：
two men were taken by a storm of bullets.
两人被暴雨般的子弹夺去了生命。
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- usu. in sing. a tumultuous reaction; an uproar or controversy强烈的反应; 骚动; 论战：
the book caused a storm in America
那本书在美国掀起了轩然大波
she has been at the centre of a storm concerning payments.
她处在有关支付问题风波的中心。
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- a violent or noisy outburst of a specified feeling or reaction（感情或反应的）爆发, 迸发：
the disclosure raised a storm of protest.
这一披露激起了抗议风暴。
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storms
N. Amer. storm windows〈北美〉（防雨雪寒风的）外重窗。
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- a direct assault by troops on a fortified place（军队的）强击, 猛攻。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction怒气冲冲地走：
she burst into tears and stormed off
她突然大哭起来并气冲冲地走开了
he stormed out of the house.
他气呼呼地冲出房子。
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- with direct speech shout (something) angrily; rage怒喊, 怒骂; 暴怒, 大发雷霆：
'Don't patronize me!' she stormed.
“不要在我面前摆出一副高高在上的样子,"她怒吼道。
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- move forcefully and decisively to a specified position in a game or contest（游戏或竞赛中）强有力并且胸有成竹地行动：
Chester stormed back with two goals in five minutes.
切斯特强力反击, 在5分钟之内进了2球。
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- with obj.(of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a building or other place) by means of force（军队）突然攻占：
Indian commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today
印度突击队今天早上突袭了一架被劫飞机
as noun storming the storming of the Bastille.对巴士底狱的突然攻占。
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- no obj.（it storms, it is storming等）(of the weather) be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow（天气）起风暴; 刮大风; 风雨大作, 风雪交加。
短语
go down a storm
- be enthusiastically received by an audience受到观众热烈欢迎。
the lull（或calm）before the storm
- a period of unusual tranquillity or stability that seems likely to presage difficult times暴风雨之前的平静; 预示艰难时期来临前不平常的平静期。
storm and stress
- another term for
S TURM UND RANG.D 同S TURM UND RANG.D
a storm in a teacup
- Brit. great anger or excitement about a trivial matter〈英〉为小事大发雷霆; 小题大做。
take something by storm
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- (of troops) capture a place by a sudden and violent attack（军队）（通过突袭和猛攻）占领, 攻陷（地方）。
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- have great and rapid success in a particular place or with a particular group of people征服, 使为之折服：
his first collection took the fashion world by storm.
他的首次服装展征服了时装界。
-up a storm
- chiefly N. Amer. perform the specified action with great enthusiasm and energy〈主北美〉劲头十足地做, 起劲地做, 热情地做：
the band could really play up a storm.
那个乐团真的可以热情奔放地演出。
派生词
stormproof
adjective词源
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch storm and German Sturm, probably also to the verb STIR1. The verb dates from late Middle English in sense 3.