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单词 stormy
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stormy
(stɔːʳmi )
Word forms: stormier , stormiest
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2
If there is stormy weather, there are strong winds and heavy rain.
It had been a night of stormy weather, with torrential rain and high winds.
...the long stormy winter of 1942.
Synonyms: wild, rough, tempestuous, raging  
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2
Stormy seas have very large strong waves because there are strong winds.
They make the treacherous journey across stormy seas.
...the stormy waters that surround Great Britain.
Synonyms: rough, wild, turbulent, tempestuous  
3. adjective
If you describe a situation as stormy, you mean it involves a lot of angry argument or criticism.
The letter was read at a stormy meeting.
Their working relationship was stormy at times.
Synonyms: angry, heated, fierce, passionate  
Collocations:
stormy cloud
Recent stormy clouds clear away so you can see your personal path forward, and a deep transformation looks and feels so right.
The Sun
It may be blazing sunshine when you leave the house, but within ten minutes stormy clouds and strong winds can leave you shivering.
The Sun
Stormy clouds are gathering over this poor format.
The Sun
With the backdrop of the mountains and blue skies and stormy clouds, the flat lava fields, which were fairly easy to walk on, made the perfect location.
Times, Sunday Times
Having defeated the demons and taken away the stormy clouds they brought, the protectors would return into their bodies and wake up tired.
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stormy conditions
They identified some of the sectors that should do well and picked a stock that should prosper in the current stormy conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
This latest collapse came after several years' worth of erosion took place in two months because of the stormy conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
When the wet air hits hot air from high above plus hot air off the ground, it causes stormy conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
We rushed out on to open ground, where we spent the next two nights in the freezing cold and stormy conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
He was 3,000ft up the mountain in stormy conditions after collapsing with chest pains.
The Sun
stormy relationship
Their stormy relationship has been one of the major storylines of the ITV2 reality show.
The Sun (2011)
It was the beginning of a stormy relationship.
Christy Campbell PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004)
My stormy relationship with my father was a source of entertainment in the neighbourhood.
Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
The pair often hit headlines with their stormy relationship.
The Sun (2013)
stormy waters
All these stormy waters can be traversed gracefully, therapeutically, with guidance.
Times, Sunday Times
The pair, neither of whom had wetsuits, dived into stormy waters shortly after lifeguards ended their patrol at 6pm.
The Sun
But two months later, as he faced charges, the fishing boat he was working on started to sink in stormy waters in the middle of the night.
The Sun
That often includes some stormy waters in more ways than one.
The Sun
stormy winter
But the stormy winter did have one benefit - lots of wind power.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It was a wet and stormy winter with heavy rains setting off river floods and big storms bringing coastal floods.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Translations:
Chinese: 狂风暴雨的
Japanese: 嵐の
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