英语词汇“the eye of the storm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. the eye of the storm (also hurricane): the calm region at the centre of a storm or hurricane (frequently figurative); (also) the violent centre of a storm or other disturbance.

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1884 Science Jan. 63 The..dreadful calm within the whirl, to which sailors have given the name of ‘the eye of the storm’.

1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) v. 93 There is a patch of blue sky over the calm centre, which is well known in the hurricane countries as the ‘eye of the storm’, or as a ‘bull's-eye’.

1970 P. White Let. 1 Feb. (1994) xi. 357 Have you had any experience of hurricanes..? I am particularly interested in..the eye of the hurricane: whether a ship can sail along within the eye and miss most of the storm.

1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 7 She found her in the eye of the storm, bumping with a black man in Lurex knickers and glitter wedgies.

1993 National Geographic Traveler Jan. 56 In the eye of the storm, a surfer threads the treacherous Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore.

2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 9/1 Its Gresham Street office is the eye of the hurricane of controversy and backbiting.

单词	the eye of the storm
释义	> as lemmas the eye of the storm (also hurricane) g. the eye of the storm (also hurricane): the calm region at the centre of a storm or hurricane (frequently figurative); (also) the violent centre of a storm or other disturbance. ΚΠ 1884 Science Jan. 63 The..dreadful calm within the whirl, to which sailors have given the name of ‘the eye of the storm’. 1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) v. 93 There is a patch of blue sky over the calm centre, which is well known in the hurricane countries as the ‘eye of the storm’, or as a ‘bull's-eye’. 1970 P. White Let. 1 Feb. (1994) xi. 357 Have you had any experience of hurricanes..? I am particularly interested in..the eye of the hurricane: whether a ship can sail along within the eye and miss most of the storm. 1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 7 She found her in the eye of the storm, bumping with a black man in Lurex knickers and glitter wedgies. 1993 National Geographic Traveler Jan. 56 In the eye of the storm, a surfer threads the treacherous Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore. 2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 9/1 Its Gresham Street office is the eye of the hurricane of controversy and backbiting. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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