gust
noun[C]
uk/ɡʌst/us/ɡʌst/asuddenstrongwind:
一阵狂风,一阵强风Asuddengustofwindblewhisumbrellainside out.一阵狂风把他的伞吹翻了。
figurativeShe couldheargustsoflaughter(=sudden,loudlaughter)from within theroom.她可以听到屋内传出的阵阵大笑声。
Synonym
blast
Wind & winds
- air pocket
- anemometer
- blast
- blowy
- breeze
- chinook
- dust devil
- hurricane
- jet stream
- leeward
- prevailing
- sigh
- sirocco
- sou'wester
- southwester
- squall
- the Coriolis effect
- tornado
- weathercock
- westerly
gust
verb[I]
uk/ɡʌst/us/ɡʌst/toblowstrongly:
猛刮,劲吹Winds gustingto50mphbroughtdownpowerlines.时速达50英里的大风刮断了电缆。
Wind & winds
- air pocket
- anemometer
- blast
- blowy
- breeze
- chinook
- dust devil
- hurricane
- jet stream
- leeward
- prevailing
- sigh
- sirocco
- sou'wester
- southwester
- squall
- the Coriolis effect
- tornado
- weathercock
- westerly