stormy
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++storm·y /ˈstɔːmi $ ˈstɔːr-/ ●●● S3 adjective 1 HEMwith strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds 暴风雨的 The sky was starting to look stormy. 开始变天了，看上去暴风雨将至。 a dark and stormy night 漆黑的暴风雨之夜2 ANGRYa stormy relationship, meeting etc is full of strong and often angry feelings 〔关系、会议等〕充满激烈情绪的 a stormy affair 充满波折的风流事3 stormy seas are very rough, with big waves that are caused by strong winds 〔海面〕波涛汹涌的 hostile, stormy seas 暗藏凶险、波涛翻滚的大海Examples from the Corpus
stormy• The December peace talks are likely to be stormy.• Their relationship has been often stormy.• Their relationship could be stormy at times.• After a long and sometimes stormy discussion, a decision was finally reached.• We walked the town walls, whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick's stormy history.• a stormy meeting• He was ready to take on the salt air and the stormy sea.• This stormy summer threw down and scattered grain, held berries back from ripening.• Unfortunately, my parents' marriage slowly hit stormy weather and they split up.• Instead he ran into stormy weather.• A wild, stormy wind was blowing, and in the garden I passed the wreck of the great tree.• a stormy winter nightstorm·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
winds, rain, with and strong dark clouds heavy Corpus
stormy
storm‧y /ˈstɔːmi $ ˈstɔːr-/
adjective1. with strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds:
The sky was starting to look stormy.
a dark and stormy night
2. a stormy relationship, meeting etc is full of strong and often angry feelings:
a stormy affair
3. stormy seas are very rough, with big waves that are caused by strong winds:
hostile, stormy seas
▪ windy if it is windy, there is a lot of wind: It's too windy for a picnic. | a windy day in October
▪blustery blustery weather is very windy, with sudden strong winds: a cold and blustery day
▪breezy if the weather is breezy, the wind blows fairly strongly: a sunny but breezy day in springtime
▪blowy informal windy: It's a bit blowy out there. | The day was grey and cold and blowy.
▪stormy if the weather is stormy, there are strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds: The sky was starting to look stormy. | a period of stormy weather
▪windswept a windswept place is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it: The beach was cold and windswept. | Thousands of the birds live on the windswept islands off the north coast of Scotland.
storm‧y /ˈstɔːmi $ ˈstɔːr-/
adjective1. with strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds: 2. a stormy relationship, meeting etc is full of strong and often angry feelings:
3. stormy seas are very rough, with big waves that are caused by strong winds:
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