| 单词 | storm-proof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstorm-proof storm-proof adj. (a) impervious to storm; also, protected from or affording protection from stormy weather; (b) proof against storming or assault; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltering > from the weather storm-proof1594 umbrellian1721 weather-fending1873 society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > proof against attack war-proof1777 storm-proof1886 the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > not effectively assailable inexpugnablea1535 unassaultable1571 Achillean1579 impregnable1582 unassailable1596 invulnerable1663 inattackable1832 unpuncturable1891 storm-proof1911 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D3v Sailers do pitch their apparell, to make it storme-proofe. 1886 N. L. Walford Parl. Generals of Civil War 258 There had not been sufficient time..to make them [sc. the fortifications] storm-proof. 1901 Daily Chron. 27 July 10/3 Many women prefer to have their cover-all rendered storm~proof by a patent process. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. May 335/2 The lamp is stormproof, and is unaffected by cold weather, while it constitutes the safest form of street-lighting that has yet been devised. 1911 J. H. Rose Pitt & Great War vii. 192 The constitution had suffered dilapidation, but it was storm-proof. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 224 So I set up a good storm-proof camp on a level point between two streams. < as lemmas |
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