Gust
[gʌst] or [ɡʌst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a strong current of air; 'the tree was bent almost double by the gust'.
校對:路易丝--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.
(n.) A sudden violent burst of passion.
(n.) The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
(n.) Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.
(n.) Intellectual taste; fancy.
(v. t.) To taste; to have a relish for.
杰拉尔丁校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Taste.[2]. Relish, zest, liking, gusto.[3]. Blast, squall.[4]. Burst, outburst, fit, paroxysm.
迪克整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Squall, blast, puff, fit, outburst, gale, breeze
ANT:Calm, tranquillity, subsidence, restraint, composure, zephyr
校對:马尔科姆
解釋/意思:
n. a sudden blast of wind: a violent burst of passion.—adjs. Gust′ful Gust′y stormy: irritable.—n. Gust′iness.
n. sense of pleasure of tasting: relish: gratification.—n. Gustā′tion the act of tasting: the sense of taste.—adjs. Gust′ātive Gus′tātory of or pertaining to gustation.—n. Gust′o taste: zest.
埃维塔校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- A blinding gust of smoke blotted out the tragedy within that fearsome cell--a shriek rang out, a single shriek, as the dagger fell. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- There was a simultaneous sigh, which created quite a little gust, as the last hope fled, and the treat was ravished from their longing lips. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I mounted my horse and rode out to seek her, fancying that I heard her voice in every gust, oppressed by fever and aching pain. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Near the Béguinage, amidst the stress of flood and gust, and in the perplexity of darkness, you had swooned and fallen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But in August, 1896, his wings broke in a sudden gust of wind, he fell fifty feet, and died of a broken back. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Hence the air of gusts and hurricanes is cold, though in hot climates and seasons; it coming from above. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It seemed that men could not shift their weight quickly enough to meet the gusts of wind. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Her accents obeyed the fitful impulse of the wind; they swelled as its gusts rushed on, and died as they wandered away. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The strongest gusts of wind to which the bridge has been exposed have not caused a vibration of more than one inch. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Hence gusts after heats, and hurricanes in hot climates. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Gusts and swells perpetually trouble the mariner's course; he dare not dismiss from his mind the expectation of tempest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Hence our general cold winds are about northwest, our summer cold gusts the same. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
編輯:利瓦伊