Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2871
storm
风暴;暴风雨
A violent weather condition with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning.
常指伴有大风、雷电、降雨等的恶劣天气
- 1.
Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
大气扰动状态,导致破坏性或恶劣天气,尤指影响地表、伴有强风(导致海上大浪)并通常有闪电、雷鸣和降水的现象。
- 2.
A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- 3.
a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
伴有降水和雷电的强风暴天气
- 4.
A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
大量投掷或落下(如打击、抛掷物等)。
- 5.
a violent commotion or disturbance
剧烈的骚动或混乱
- 6.
A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- 7.
a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
对据点的直接猛烈攻击
- 8.
A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- 9.
Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
猛攻;强攻;(…的)爆发;一阵;迸发;骚动;动乱;风波;(疾病、疼痛等的)发作;阵发;大气扰动状态,导致破坏性或恶劣天气,尤指影响地表、伴有强风(导致海上大浪)并通常有闪电、雷鸣和降水的现象。
In use
The storm knocked down several trees in our neighborhood last night.
We canceled the picnic because a heavy storm was forecast for the afternoon.
After the storm, the sky cleared and a rainbow appeared.
the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away
there + be + a storm
用于描述天气现象的存在。
There is a storm approaching.
有一场暴风雨正在逼近。
storm + [verb of movement/occurrence]
storm作主语,后接描述风暴动态的动词。
The storm hit the coast last night.
暴风雨昨晚袭击了海岸。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- a severe storm
- 一场强烈的暴风雨
- The region was hit by a severe storm last night.该地区昨晚遭受了一场强烈的暴风雨。
- storm damage
- 暴风雨造成的损害
- The insurance covers storm damage to the roof.保险覆盖屋顶的暴风雨损害。
- storm warning
- 暴风雨警报
- The government issued a storm warning for the coastal areas.政府发布了沿海地区的暴风雨警报。
- storm cloud
- 暴风云
- Dark storm clouds gathered on the horizon.黑暗的暴风云在地平线上聚集。
- storm surge
- 风暴潮
- The storm surge flooded the low-lying neighborhoods.风暴潮淹没了低洼社区。
- weather the storm
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象‘storm’中的‘s’像狂风卷起的弧线,‘torm’谐音‘涛’,海浪汹涌——暴风雨的画面。
Context & Register
【暴风雨】语境: 天气预报、日常描述; 语体: 中性。 【骚乱】语境: 社会事件、情绪描写; 语体: 较正式。 【猛攻】语境: 军事行动、比喻用法; 语体: 较正式或文学性。 注: 通常'storm'最常用于指天气,其他义项需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'form', 'dorm', 'norm', and 'warm' rhyme with 'storm' (stressed vowel /ɔːr/). 'Worm' looks similar but has a different vowel sound (/ɜːr/), so it does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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