storm
US: /ˈstɔɹm/
UK: /stˈɔːm/
UK: /stˈɔːm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
storm /stɔ:m/
- danh từ
- dông tố, cơn bão
- thời kỳ sóng gió (trong đời người)
- storm and stress: thời kỳ sóng gió trong đời sống (của một người, của một quốc gia)
- trận mưa (đạn, bom...), trận
- of abuse: một trận xỉ vả
- storm of laughter: một trận cười vỡ bụng
- (quân sự) cuộc tấn công ồ ạt; sự đột chiếm (một vị trí)
- to take by storm: (quân sự) đột chiếm; lôi kéo (người nghe...)
- (rađiô) sự nhiễu loạn
- nội động từ
- mạnh, dữ dội (gió, mưa)
- quát tháo, la lối, thét mắng
- lao vào, xông vào, chạy ầm ầm vào
- to storm somebody with questions: chất vấn ai dồn dập
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 very bad weather with strong winds and rain, and often THUNDER and LIGHTNING: fierce / heavy / violent storms + A few minutes later the storm broke (= began). + I think we're in for a storm (= going to have one). + storm damage - WEATHER
2 (in compounds) very bad weather of the type mentioned: a thunderstorm / snowstorm / sandstorm
See also -
3 ~ (of sth) a situation in which a lot of people suddenly express very strong feelings about sth: a storm of protest / controversy
4 ~ of sth a sudden loud noise that is caused by emotion or excitement
Synonym: ROAR
a storm of applause / weeping
See also -
Idioms: a storm in a teacup (BrE) (AmE a tempest in a teapot) a lot of anger or worry about sth that is not important
take sth/sb by storm
1 to be extremely successful very quickly in a particular place or among particular people: The play took London by storm.
2 to attack a place suddenly and capture it
more at CALM n., PORT
+ verb
1 to suddenly attack a place: [VN] Police stormed the building and captured the gunman. + The embassy was stormed by demonstrators. + [V] Soldiers stormed into the city at dawn.
2 [V +adv./prep.] to go somewhere quickly and in an angry, noisy way: She stormed into my office waving a newspaper. + He burst into tears and stormed off.
3 [V speech] (written) to say sth in a loud angry way: 'Don't you know who I am?' she stormed.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 tempest, disturbance, turbulence; wind-storm, mistral, gale, whirlwind, hurricane, tornado, typhoon, cyclone, US and Canadian williwaw; shower, cloudburst, downpour, rainstorm, deluge, monsoon, thunder-shower, thunderstorm, electrical storm; dust-storm, sandstorm, simoom or simoon or samiel, harmattan, khamsin, sirocco; snowstorm, blizzard; hailstorm, ice-storm:
People were evacuated from the area where it was thought the storm would strike.
2 outburst, outcry, explosion, eruption, outpouring, furore or US furor:
The proposed taxes were met by a storm of protest.
3 disturbance, rumpus, stir, commotion, agitation, furore or US furor; turbulence, strife, turmoil, disorder:
I am not sure the company could weather another serious financial storm.
v.
4 rage, rant, rave, bluster, fume, explode, thunder, roar, raise the roof, raise hell, raise Cain, Colloq fly off the handle, blow one's top, US blow one's stack:
When she found out where Laura had gone, mother stormed round the house.
5 blow, rain, hail, snow, sleet, rage, bluster, squall, howl:
It stormed for a week, and much property was destroyed.
6 attack, assault, assail, raid, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombard, barrage, fire upon or on, shell; besiege, lay siege to, siege:
The enemy stormed the castle again and again without effect.
Collocation dictionary
1 period of bad weather
ADJ.
bad, big, devastating, disastrous, ferocious, fierce, great, heavy, raging, severe, terrible, tremendous, violent | approaching, gathering, impending
the dark clouds of an approaching storm
| freak | autumn, summer, winter | tropical | monsoon | dust, electric/electrical, lightning, magnetic, rain, sand, snow, thunder
(also
thunderstorm)
VERB + STORM
be in for
I think we're in for a storm (= going to have one).
STORM + VERB
hit sth, strike sth
It was the worst storm to hit London this century.
| rage
The storm raged all night.
| be brewing, be coming
A storm had been brewing all day.
| blow up, break, burst
The storm broke while we were on the mountain.
| abate, blow itself out, blow over, pass, subside
The storm blew over after a couple of hours.
| batter sth, buffet sth, lash sth, ravage sth, sweep sth
a boat battered by the storm Winter storms swept the coasts.
| last
The storm lasted for three days.
STORM + NOUN
cloud
(often figurative) In 1939 the storm clouds gathered over Europe.
| damage, losses
Insurance companies face hefty payouts for storm damage.
PREP.
during/in a/the ~
PHRASES
at the height of the storm, the calm/lull before the storm, the eye of the storm
2 violent display of strong feeling
ADJ.
approaching, coming, gathering
a gathering storm of discontent
| political
VERB + STORM
arouse, cause, create, provoke, raise, spark | face | ride out, weather
The government is determined to ride out the political storm sparked by its new immigration policy.
STORM + VERB
blow up, break, burst, erupt | blow over, pass
PREP.
amid a/the ~
The band toured Ireland amid a storm of controversy.
| ~ between, ~ of
His comments created a storm of protest in the media.
| ~ over
A storm blew up between Britain and America over Venezuela.
Concise English dictionary
storms|stormed|stormingstɔrm /stɔːm
noun
+a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening
+a violent commotion or disturbance
+a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
verb
+behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
+take by force
+rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
+blow hard
+attack by storm; attack suddenly
