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Definition of gale in English: galenoun ɡeɪlɡeɪl 1A very strong wind. 大风，狂风 I slept well despite the howling gales outside 几乎是狂风大作。 as modifier gale-force winds battered the North Sea coast Example sentencesExamples - This generated frequent heavy rains and fierce westerly gales: in some coastal areas there was significant wind damage as well as flooding.
- Winter approached with strong gales and several inches of snow, which covered the vast plains and farmland.
- The weather was, overall, a mixed batch, varying from bright (chilly perhaps) sunshine, to snow, to strong winds and gales.
- When I returned to the car and unloaded my bags, I found a single car key on a ring lying by the back right tire. I was tired, R. had been cranky, and the wind was blowing a gale.
- Winds became gales and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared out of nowhere pouring sheets of raindrops.
- When there is a strong wind outside, a gale blows indoors.
- He remembered how he used to crawl into the older man's bed when he was very young, when things like thunderstorms and strong gales still frightened him.
- Alone on high, the garden takes the full brunt of the northwester and northeaster gales.
- The wind was getting stronger, blowing up a real gale.
- An unusual feature of the month was the frequency of strong winds, with gale gusts recorded at most stations.
- On the worst day, Wednesday 12 November, northwesterly gales caused exceptional dust-storms to sweep across three states.
- You are enjoying a pleasant spell of weather, 14 to 17 degrees say, and suddenly the weather changes and we have two days of gales with biting winds.
- Freezing easterly gales, with wind speeds up to sixty miles per hour registered at Harry's weather station, continue to dominate the beginning of spring.
- One of the unusual things about this particular storm was that it was a southerly gale and not the usual westerly gales that tend to affect the south of Britain.
- Weather conditions were not kind to lake anglers this week with heavy downpours of rain accompanied by varying winds and gales at times.
- Strong gales coming from a certain point could blow the roof away some night, he said.
- There is no definite periodicity generally associated with wind gusts or gales.
- Along the southern coastline, many large swells are generated well south of the continent by strong westerly gales that can blow unimpeded for thousands of kilometres.
- A little rain fell in the Perth-Bunbury area, but none fell inland, where hot dry gales and thick duststorms were experienced.
- Strong gales of wind had begun to blow through the valley.
Synonyms storm, tempest, squall, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, whirlwind, superstorm strong wind, high wind North American windstorm informal burster, buster literary flaw - 1.1also fresh galeMeteorology (on the Beaufort scale) a wind of force 8 (34–40 knots or 63–74 km/h).
（蒲福风级的）八级大风（34-40海里/小时或63-74公里/小时） Example sentencesExamples - In November 2000 they set off for a five-day training run and found themselves crewing the boat into the teeth of a force eight south-westerly gale.
- It's been a roisterous time, filled with every strength and variety of wind from a ragamuffin breeze right through to a force eight gale, whipping in from the sea and over the moors.
- More significantly, I ceased to notice the rain, the sleet and the force-10 gale.
- It was a force nine gale, a tad below a hurricane, and Rogue Wave was in a grand and powerful waltz.
- Mind you, as long as you can stop them blowing away, you could enjoy these chips in anything from a refreshing sea breeze to a force-9 gale.
- 1.2 A storm at sea.
海上风暴 Example sentencesExamples - A dangerously weak link was accidentally discovered on the moorings of one yacht just the day before the gales struck.
- The service ended in 1903 when the Bowmore was torn from her moorings at Rosses Point during a gale, driven ashore on Oyster Island and wrecked.
- At last he came near enough to where he was directly above it, and fighting against a hurricane-like gale to land.
- The Aran Islands lifeboat had broken loose from its mooring in a gale at the beginning of November.
- One night in May, soon after the Adventure arrived back at Ngamotu, an anchor rope broke during a terrible gale and the ship washed up on the beach.
- They are winds that put the mind in tumult, sweeping us along like ships in a gale, and as storms disturb the harmony of nature, passions are discordant and jangling.
- Trying to measure insulin in a small yacht in a gale shows just how diabetes brings its excitements and inconveniences.
- However, the shore angler in Ireland will always find sheltered waters available when others are affected by tides or gales.
- NorthLink blamed the exceptionally low tides and easterly gales, which left an insufficient depth of water at Aberdeen for vessels.
- After main summer leave, the ship - which was damaged by a ferry during gales last autumn in Portsmouth Harbour - will be preparing for her first major deployment, which begins late this year.
- Six were washed ashore in a gale and pieces are still visible on very low spring tides.
- Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans, damaged by a ferry in gales in the autumn, is back at sea today, well on course to resume her programme of trials and training.
- Fierce gales damaged many yachts in the Fastnet race and forced 100 to retire.
- The weather in the Firth of Forth that day was night was described by Forth Coastguards as horrendous with gales, rough seas and freezing temperatures.
- It is true, though, that a few times each winter the harbor is hit by a southeasterly gale, its impact intensified by the fact that the harbor's open mouth faces in that direction.
- The weather is unpredictable, with violent gales and storms having resulted in countless shipping casualties over the years, continuing right up to the present.
- At the height of the gale, the harbourmaster radioed a coastguard on the spot and asked him to estimate the wind speed.
- Fleeing with other demoralized shreds of the Spanish Armada, the galley had sailed up the eastern coast of England, driven on ahead of the English fleet by gales and storms.
- The unscheduled delay was sparked when the ship ran into fierce gales which gave rise to seasickness among and several of the crew members.
- She rocked from side to side, like a ship in a gale.
Synonyms storm, tempest, squall, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, whirlwind, superstorm
2a gale of/gales ofAn outburst of laughter. she collapsed into gales of laughter 她止不住突然发出阵阵笑声。 Example sentencesExamples - On Thursday, December 18th Kilmovee Community Centre was full of Christmas spirit and gales of laughter as the two one act plays were staged.
- It induces, or used to induce until recently, gales of laughter.
- Well, apparently after this was said, the place was rolling in gales of laughter for quite a few minutes.
- We were dying in gales of laughter on hearing this one.
- A trial run at the pressure-sensitive, spinning scrub-brush sent my partner into gales of laughter and hysteria.
- To ask the question is to answer it - with gales of laughter.
- I kept backtracking in the conversation, thinking I had offended her, only to be met with gales of laughter.
- The gales of laughter from the others wash over me.
- But their awestruck silence was soon replaced by gales of laughter when their teacher read the letter out loud.
- By way of proof that some human values are indeed universal, the crowd react to the sight of the hapless official retreating to a neutral corner for treatment between rounds with gales of delighted laughter.
- He did more than that: He whipped up gales of laughter with his recollection of how as a student (and a former journalist who knew his rights) he sued the old Yorkshire Evening Press for libel.
- The anger of the home punters at this, gave way to double delight at the end of the following period, gales of laughter greeting the news of a 6-2 defeat for hated rivals Hibs at Rugby Park.
- By the time Fox was done speaking, the giggles had erupted into gales of laughter.
- I blink in surprise and Sam and Ben burst into gales of laughter.
- Youth shouts with a laugh, and again, the band collapses in gales of laughter.
- He could be ferociously stern, and sometimes susceptible to melancholy, but stories about him are almost always attended by laughter, often gales of it.
- Murray is laid back, good company and his chat is peppered with gales of laughter that is, as often as not, directed at his own jokes.
- Hours after Jack the Knife had carved them up, most of the Disappeared were gathered in the parliament cafeteria, stunned and emitting occasional gales of manic laughter.
- They broke into slightly tipsy gales of laughter.
- Those words and the hearty gales of laughter that followed will linger in my memory forever.
Synonyms outburst, burst, eruption, explosion, effusion, attack, fit, paroxysm peal, howl, hoot, shriek, scream, shout, roar
OriginMid 16th century: perhaps related to Old Norse galinn 'mad, frantic'. Rhymesail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale Definition of gale in US English: galenounɡeɪlɡāl 1A very strong wind. 大风，狂风 it was almost blowing a gale 几乎是狂风大作。 as modifier gale-force winds 七级至十级大风。 Example sentencesExamples - Strong gales of wind had begun to blow through the valley.
- This generated frequent heavy rains and fierce westerly gales: in some coastal areas there was significant wind damage as well as flooding.
- You are enjoying a pleasant spell of weather, 14 to 17 degrees say, and suddenly the weather changes and we have two days of gales with biting winds.
- Freezing easterly gales, with wind speeds up to sixty miles per hour registered at Harry's weather station, continue to dominate the beginning of spring.
- The weather was, overall, a mixed batch, varying from bright (chilly perhaps) sunshine, to snow, to strong winds and gales.
- Alone on high, the garden takes the full brunt of the northwester and northeaster gales.
- He remembered how he used to crawl into the older man's bed when he was very young, when things like thunderstorms and strong gales still frightened him.
- One of the unusual things about this particular storm was that it was a southerly gale and not the usual westerly gales that tend to affect the south of Britain.
- Winds became gales and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared out of nowhere pouring sheets of raindrops.
- The wind was getting stronger, blowing up a real gale.
- An unusual feature of the month was the frequency of strong winds, with gale gusts recorded at most stations.
- There is no definite periodicity generally associated with wind gusts or gales.
- When there is a strong wind outside, a gale blows indoors.
- On the worst day, Wednesday 12 November, northwesterly gales caused exceptional dust-storms to sweep across three states.
- When I returned to the car and unloaded my bags, I found a single car key on a ring lying by the back right tire. I was tired, R. had been cranky, and the wind was blowing a gale.
- A little rain fell in the Perth-Bunbury area, but none fell inland, where hot dry gales and thick duststorms were experienced.
- Strong gales coming from a certain point could blow the roof away some night, he said.
- Weather conditions were not kind to lake anglers this week with heavy downpours of rain accompanied by varying winds and gales at times.
- Along the southern coastline, many large swells are generated well south of the continent by strong westerly gales that can blow unimpeded for thousands of kilometres.
- Winter approached with strong gales and several inches of snow, which covered the vast plains and farmland.
Synonyms storm, tempest, squall, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, whirlwind, superstorm - 1.1Meteorology A wind of force 7 to 10 on the Beaufort scale (28-55 knots or 32-63 mph).
Example sentencesExamples - More significantly, I ceased to notice the rain, the sleet and the force-10 gale.
- Mind you, as long as you can stop them blowing away, you could enjoy these chips in anything from a refreshing sea breeze to a force-9 gale.
- In November 2000 they set off for a five-day training run and found themselves crewing the boat into the teeth of a force eight south-westerly gale.
- It was a force nine gale, a tad below a hurricane, and Rogue Wave was in a grand and powerful waltz.
- It's been a roisterous time, filled with every strength and variety of wind from a ragamuffin breeze right through to a force eight gale, whipping in from the sea and over the moors.
- 1.2 A storm at sea.
海上风暴 Example sentencesExamples - At last he came near enough to where he was directly above it, and fighting against a hurricane-like gale to land.
- NorthLink blamed the exceptionally low tides and easterly gales, which left an insufficient depth of water at Aberdeen for vessels.
- After main summer leave, the ship - which was damaged by a ferry during gales last autumn in Portsmouth Harbour - will be preparing for her first major deployment, which begins late this year.
- The unscheduled delay was sparked when the ship ran into fierce gales which gave rise to seasickness among and several of the crew members.
- The service ended in 1903 when the Bowmore was torn from her moorings at Rosses Point during a gale, driven ashore on Oyster Island and wrecked.
- Six were washed ashore in a gale and pieces are still visible on very low spring tides.
- Fierce gales damaged many yachts in the Fastnet race and forced 100 to retire.
- However, the shore angler in Ireland will always find sheltered waters available when others are affected by tides or gales.
- One night in May, soon after the Adventure arrived back at Ngamotu, an anchor rope broke during a terrible gale and the ship washed up on the beach.
- At the height of the gale, the harbourmaster radioed a coastguard on the spot and asked him to estimate the wind speed.
- It is true, though, that a few times each winter the harbor is hit by a southeasterly gale, its impact intensified by the fact that the harbor's open mouth faces in that direction.
- A dangerously weak link was accidentally discovered on the moorings of one yacht just the day before the gales struck.
- The Aran Islands lifeboat had broken loose from its mooring in a gale at the beginning of November.
- They are winds that put the mind in tumult, sweeping us along like ships in a gale, and as storms disturb the harmony of nature, passions are discordant and jangling.
- Trying to measure insulin in a small yacht in a gale shows just how diabetes brings its excitements and inconveniences.
- The weather in the Firth of Forth that day was night was described by Forth Coastguards as horrendous with gales, rough seas and freezing temperatures.
- Fleeing with other demoralized shreds of the Spanish Armada, the galley had sailed up the eastern coast of England, driven on ahead of the English fleet by gales and storms.
- The weather is unpredictable, with violent gales and storms having resulted in countless shipping casualties over the years, continuing right up to the present.
- She rocked from side to side, like a ship in a gale.
- Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans, damaged by a ferry in gales in the autumn, is back at sea today, well on course to resume her programme of trials and training.
Synonyms storm, tempest, squall, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, whirlwind, superstorm
2a gale of/gales ofA burst of sound, especially of laughter. 〈喻〉突发的一阵声音（尤指笑声） she collapsed into gales of laughter 她止不住突然发出阵阵笑声。 Example sentencesExamples - I kept backtracking in the conversation, thinking I had offended her, only to be met with gales of laughter.
- By way of proof that some human values are indeed universal, the crowd react to the sight of the hapless official retreating to a neutral corner for treatment between rounds with gales of delighted laughter.
- To ask the question is to answer it - with gales of laughter.
- On Thursday, December 18th Kilmovee Community Centre was full of Christmas spirit and gales of laughter as the two one act plays were staged.
- Well, apparently after this was said, the place was rolling in gales of laughter for quite a few minutes.
- The gales of laughter from the others wash over me.
- Those words and the hearty gales of laughter that followed will linger in my memory forever.
- Murray is laid back, good company and his chat is peppered with gales of laughter that is, as often as not, directed at his own jokes.
- I blink in surprise and Sam and Ben burst into gales of laughter.
- The anger of the home punters at this, gave way to double delight at the end of the following period, gales of laughter greeting the news of a 6-2 defeat for hated rivals Hibs at Rugby Park.
- By the time Fox was done speaking, the giggles had erupted into gales of laughter.
- But their awestruck silence was soon replaced by gales of laughter when their teacher read the letter out loud.
- They broke into slightly tipsy gales of laughter.
- A trial run at the pressure-sensitive, spinning scrub-brush sent my partner into gales of laughter and hysteria.
- Youth shouts with a laugh, and again, the band collapses in gales of laughter.
- He could be ferociously stern, and sometimes susceptible to melancholy, but stories about him are almost always attended by laughter, often gales of it.
- He did more than that: He whipped up gales of laughter with his recollection of how as a student (and a former journalist who knew his rights) he sued the old Yorkshire Evening Press for libel.
- It induces, or used to induce until recently, gales of laughter.
- Hours after Jack the Knife had carved them up, most of the Disappeared were gathered in the parliament cafeteria, stunned and emitting occasional gales of manic laughter.
- We were dying in gales of laughter on hearing this one.
Synonyms outburst, burst, eruption, explosion, effusion, attack, fit, paroxysm
OriginMid 16th century: perhaps related to Old Norse galinn ‘mad, frantic’. |