a gale
A gale was blowing from the north.
一阵狂风从北方吹来。
大风；强风
gales — plural of gale
一阵；迸发；香杨梅；（自由矿工的）个人采矿区；非常强的风,比微风强,比风暴弱；在12级蒲福风级中为7至9级风。；一种灌木,也称为甜风或沼泽香(Myrica gale),生长在荒野和沼泽地。
a very strong wind
蒲福风级中常指7至9级的大风
非常强的风,比微风强,比风暴弱；在12级蒲福风级中为7至9级风。
A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
一种灌木,也称为甜风或沼泽香(Myrica gale),生长在荒野和沼泽地。
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
自由矿工的个人采矿地。
The personal mining plot of a freeminer.
强风,风速为45-90节；博福特风级7到10级
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
爆发,尤其是笑声。
An outburst, especially of laughter.
A severe gale forced the ferry to cancel all crossings yesterday.
一场猛烈的强风迫使渡轮昨天取消了所有航次。
用法提示：gale作名词，指强风，这里用作主语。
We stayed indoors because a gale was expected to hit the region by evening.
我们待在室内，因为预计傍晚会有一场强风侵袭该地区。
用法提示：gale作名词，指强风，用作宾语从句中的主语。
The garden fence was blown down by the gale during the night.
花园的栅栏在夜间被大风刮倒了。
用法提示：gale作名词，指强风，用在被动语态的施动者中。
A gale was blowing from the north.
一阵狂风从北方吹来。
The children were laughing uproariously, with gales of laughter echoing through the room.
孩子们笑得前仰后合，阵阵笑声在房间里回荡。
It's very dangerous to drive in a gale.
在大风中开车非常危险。
grammar · medium
易错句子The gale blew my hat away.
正确表达A gale blew my hat away.
可数名词单复数错误：'gale' 是可数名词，此处表示一阵风，应用不定冠词 'a'，不能用定冠词 'the'。
grammar · medium
易错句子There was a strong gale last night.
正确表达There was a gale last night.
语义重复错误：'gale' 本身就有“狂风”的意思，前面不需要再用 'strong' 修饰。
刮起狂风
The wind began to blow a gale.
风开始刮起狂风。
狂风
Gale-force winds are expected tonight.
预计今晚会有狂风。
像狂风一样呼啸
The fire roared like a gale through the forest.
大火像狂风一样在森林中呼啸而过。
与gale同属恶劣天气现象，gale是强风的一种，storm常伴随强风和降水。
更强烈的热带气旋，gale可视为其较弱等级或组成部分。
强风伴随大雪，gale强调风力，blizzard则兼有降雪。
西北太平洋的强热带气旋，gale是其常见强度等级之一。
局部剧烈旋转风，gale是较大范围的强风，两者均为破坏性风现象。
一阵大笑
The comedian's joke provoked a gale of laughter from the audience.
喜剧演员的笑话引起了观众的一阵大笑。
阵阵大笑
Gales of laughter could be heard from the party next door.
从隔壁聚会传来阵阵大笑声。
一阵掌声
The speech ended to a gale of applause.
演讲在掌声中结束。
十一月的暴风提前到来了。
From the song 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot, describing the storm that sank the ship.
出自戈登·莱特福特的歌曲《埃德蒙·菲茨杰拉德号沉没》，描述了击沉该船的风暴。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.