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单词 tempestuous
释义 tempestuous
 —tempestuously,  adv.   —tempestuousness,  n.  
 /tem pes"chooh euhs/,  adj.  
  1. characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  2. of the nature of or resembling a tempest: a tempestuous wind.
  3. tumultuous; turbulent: a tempestuous period in history.
 [1500-10; < LL tempestuosus, deriv. of tempestus, var. of TEMPESTAS TEMPEST (see -OUS); r. earlier tempeste(u)ous, tempestious (see -EOUS, -IOUS)]
 Syn. 2. violent, stormy.
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