Squall
[skwɔːl] or [skwɔl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation.
(verb.) make high-pitched, whiney noises.
(verb.) blow in a squall; 'When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails'.
贝蒂整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
(v. i.) To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.
(n.) A loud scream; a harsh cry.
整理:胡安妮塔
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Cry (as an infant), bawl, yell, scream, cry out.
n. [1]. Cry, bawl, yell, scream, outcry.[2]. Storm (sudden and brief), blast, gust, sudden breeze.
整理:威廉
解釋/意思:
v.i. to cry out violently.—n. a loud cry or scream: a violent gust of wind.—n. Squall′er.—adj. Squall′y abounding or disturbed with squalls or gusts of wind: gusty blustering: threatening a squall.—White squall a tropical whirlwind coming on without warning other than a small white cloud.
編輯:维尔玛
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of squalls, foretells disappointing business and unhappiness.
欧内斯特整理
例句/造句/用法:
- He restrained himself however, and the little squall would have blown over, but for one unlucky word. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In crossing the bay we met with a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces, prevented our getting into the kill, and drove us upon Long Island. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The wind blew roughly, the wet squalls came rattling past them, skimming the pools on the road and pavement, and raining them down into the river. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Niggers never gets round me, neither with squalling nor soft soap,--that's a fact. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He thrummed on the table as if it had been a musical instrument, and squalled in imitation of her manner of singing. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
弗洛整理