storm

1. N-COUNT A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning. 暴風(fēng)雨

...the violent storms which whipped the East Coast. …席卷東海岸的猛烈暴風(fēng)雨。

2. N-COUNT If something causes a storm, it causes an angry or excited reaction from a large number of people. 強烈的反響

The photos caused a storm when they were first published. 那些照片最初出版時引起強烈的反響。

3. N-COUNT A storm of applause or other noise is a sudden loud amount of it made by an audience or other group of people in reaction to something. 暴風(fēng)雨般的聲音

His speech was greeted with a storm of applause. 他的演講博得暴風(fēng)雨般的掌聲。

4. V-I If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry. 氣沖沖地走

After a bit of an argument, he stormed out. 一次小小的爭吵之后，他就氣沖沖地走出去。

5. V-T If a place that is being defended is stormed, a group of people attack it, usually in order to get inside it. 猛攻

Government buildings have been stormed and looted. 政府大樓已遭到猛攻和搶掠。

6. stormingN-UNCOUNT 猛攻

...the storming of the Bastille. …對巴士底獄的猛攻。

7. PHRASE If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful. 在某處大獲成功

Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm. 肯尼亞的長跑運動員在田徑界大獲成功。