gale

英 [ɡeɪl]

美 [ɡeɪl]

n.  大风; 飓风; 一阵(阵)大笑声

复数：gales　

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牛津词典

noun

• 大风；飓风
  an extremely strong wind
  1. The gale blew down hundreds of trees.
     大风吹倒了数百棵树。
  2. gale-force winds
     七级以上的大风
  3. It's blowing a gale outside (= a strong wind is blowing) .
     外面在刮大风。
• 一阵（阵）大笑声
  the sound of people laughing very loudly
  1. His speech was greeted with gales of laughter.
     人们对他的演讲报以阵阵笑声。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大风；强风
  Agaleis a very strong wind.
  1. ...forecasts of fierce gales over the next few days.
     预报未来几天有超强大风
• N-COUNT 一阵（大笑声）
  You can refer to the loud noise made by a lot of people all laughing at the same time as agale oflaughter orgales oflaughter.
  1. This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience.
     观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

英英释义

noun

• a strong wind moving 45-90 knots

双语例句

• The house shook in the gale.
  大风吹得房子都摇晃了。
• But the gale has been howling in my dream all night long.
  我在梦里的大风却呼啸了整整一夜。
• The gale blew in every window in the house.
  大风把所有的窗户都吹破了。
• As dusk fell, a gale suddenly blew up.
  傍晚蓦地刮起了大风。
• The house has been lifted the roof by the whole gale.
  房子被狂风掀掉了屋顶。
• The gale uprooted the tree.
  风把树刮倒了。
• It was blowing a monstrous gale.
  狂风肆虐。
• In a severe gale the ship split in two
  在一次大风中，船断成了两截。
• A large gale seriously affected the growth of the crops.
  一场大风严重影响了庄稼的长势。
• According to the weather forecast, there will be a gale tomorrow.
  据气象台预报，明天有大风。