gale
gale 英 [geɪl] 美 [ɡeɪl]
n. [气象] 大风，狂风；（突发的）一阵
名词复数:gales
- If there’s a gale coming your way, you better hold onto your new hat and your little dog, Toto, too, because this is an extremely strong wind.
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- n. [气象] 大风，狂风；（突发的）一阵
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1. There's a gale blowing.; It is blowing hard.
刮大风。
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2. The ship was driven by a gale from its course.
大风把船吹离了航道。
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3. According to the weather forecast, there will be a gale tomorrow.
据气象台预报， 明天有大风。
- gale (n.) "strong wind," especially at sea, 1540s, from gaile "wind," origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse gol "breeze," or Old Danish gal "bad, furious" (often used of weather), which are related to Old Norse galinn "furious, mad, frantic; enchanted, bewitched," from gala "to sing, chant," the wind so called from its raging or on the notion of being raised by spells (but OED finds reason to doubt this). Or perhaps it is named for the sound, from Old English galan "to sing," or giellan "to yell." The Old Norse and Old English words all are from the source of yell (v.). In nautical use, between a stiff breeze and a storm; in technical meteorological use, a wind between 32 and 63 miles per hour.
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