storm /stɔːm/ CET4 TEM4 ( storming, stormed, storms )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning. 暴风雨

  例：

  ...the violent storms which whipped the East Coast.

  …席卷东海岸的猛烈暴风雨。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  The photos caused a storm when they were first published.

  那些照片最初出版时引起强烈的反响。

• 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. 暴风雨般的声音

  例：

  His speech was greeted with a storm of applause.

  他的演讲博得暴风雨般的掌声。

• 4. 

  V-I If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry. 气冲冲地走

  例：

  After a bit of an argument, he stormed out.

  一次小小的争吵之后，他就气冲冲地走出去。

• 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

  例：

  Government buildings have been stormed and looted.

  政府大楼已遭到猛攻和抢掠。

• 6. 

  storming N-UNCOUNT 猛攻

  例：

  ...the storming of the Bastille.

  …对巴士底狱的猛攻。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful. 在某处大获成功

  例：

  Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.

  肯尼亚的长跑运动员在田径界大获成功。