单词 | gust |
释义 | gust (gʌst ) Word forms: gusts , gusting , gusted 1. countable noun A gust is a short, strong, sudden rush of wind. A gust of wind drove down the valley. [+ of] A hurricane-force gust blew off part of a church tower. Synonyms: blast, blow, rush, breeze 2. verb When the wind gusts, it blows with short, strong, sudden rushes. The wind gusted again. [VERB] The wind gusted up to 164 miles an hour. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: blow, blast, puff, squall 3. countable noun If you feel a gust of emotion, you feel the emotion suddenly and intensely. ...a small gust of pleasure. [+ of] Collocations: gust of wind But a gust of wind swept the billowing fabric against what appeared to be a tell-tale bulge. The Sun (2009) A sudden gust of wind blew into the cantina, making the glasses rattle on the shelves. DESPERADOES (1984) One car was blown off the road by a gust of wind, and some suffered from mechanical glitches blamed on the outback's dust clouds. Times, Sunday Times (2013) What if there were a gust of wind? Times, Sunday Times (2016) All it would take is a gust of wind and they would have been off. The Sun (2016) Houses slide from cliffs, cars sink under water, planes struggle to land and buses and lorries are overturned in high gusts. Times, Sunday Times Squalls refer to an increase in the sustained winds over a short time interval, as there may be higher gusts during a squall event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Slightly higher gusts were reported off the coast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tracking westward at 14mph km/h, maximum sustained winds were 35mph km/h with localized higher gusts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My uncle guffawed, a huge gust of bad wind out his mouth and nostrils. Times, Sunday Times Huge gusts of sand were propelled forcibly into your pockets by their vigorous digging. Times, Sunday Times Has the power of super-breath, to create huge gusts of wind. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A powerful gust of wind catches my panniers and propels my heavily laden steed perilously close to the edge of the road. Times,Sunday Times Experts speculated that a powerful gust could have forced the pilot to put too much pressure on the engine during take-off, making it burst into flames. Times, Sunday Times His rotating, rolling trajectory carries the dance like a leaf blowing in the wind, from a small breeze to a powerful gust, until it withdraws into itself like a sigh. Times, Sunday Times What was striking, even in the most powerful gusts, was the tenacity of the leaves that were not yet ready to go. Times, Sunday Times He can fly by creating a small tornado around his lower body and can conjure powerful gusts from his hands that can knock back even large objects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some are so thin and tall that one wonders whether a strong gust of wind might not blow them down. Times, Sunday Times A strong gust of wind had blown a loose trolley into the back of my vehicle. Times, Sunday Times A strong gust of wind could have easily blown the idiotic pair into fast-moving traffic or chilly river waters below. The Sun It's believed a strong gust of wind blew it off course into a mobile phone transmission tower. The Sun Ribbon loudspeakers are often very fragilesome can be torn by a strong gust of air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sudden gust of wind blew into the cantina, making the glasses rattle on the shelves. DESPERADOES (1984) A sudden gust of chill wind from the west obliged them to reconsider. CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric (2004) You can feel them like you can feel a sudden gust of fresh air. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But it meant he could not avoid the hill when seized by a sudden gust of wind. The Sun (2010) In fact, often in the very midst of the doldrums comes the sudden gust of hope. Christianity Today (2000) Translations: Chinese: 阵风, 劲吹 Japanese: 突風, 急に強く吹く |
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