weather
n. 天气(预报)
v. 变色/形; 渡过(难关等)
The weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.
The weather was bad...
天气很糟。
I like cold weather...
我喜欢冷天。
If something such as wood or rock weathers or is weathered, it changes colour or shape as a result of the wind, sun, rain, or cold.
Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour...
没有上漆的木制家具会褪成灰色。
This rock has been weathered and eroded.
这块岩石经风吹日晒已被侵蚀。
If you weather a difficult time or a difficult situation, you survive it and are able to continue normally after it has passed or ended.
The company has weathered the recession...
这家公司从经济萧条中挺了过来。
The government has weathered its worst political crisis.
政府平安度过了其最严重的政治危机。
If you keep a weather eye on someone or something, you stay alert so that you will notice if anything unpleasant happens.
Street committees keep a weather eye on the families in their district.
街道委员会留意所辖区域内的家家户户。
If you say that someone is making heavy weather of a task, you are critical of them because they are doing it in an inefficient way and are making it seem more difficult than it really is.
Some of the riders in this section made heavy weather of the cross-country race.
这个环节的部分骑手夸大了这场越野比赛的困难。
If you say that you are under the weather, you mean that you feel slightly ill.
I was still feeling a bit under the weather.
我仍觉得身体有些不舒服。
1. the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation;
1. face or endure with courage;
2. cause to slope
3. sail to the windward of
4. change under the action or influence of the weather;
1. towards the side exposed to wind
climate, weather
这两个名词都有"天气,气候"之意。
in all weathers
无论什么天气,风雨无阻
keep a weather eye on
仔细观察(尤指变化或发展)
make heavy weather of
夸大困难:夸大做某事的困难
under the weather
不舒服:有些不舒服;微病
纵酒引起的;无节制的
This liquid gels faster in cold weather.
这种液体天冷时凝结得快些.
The pilot inquired about the weather condition.
这飞行员查问天气情况.
Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.
我们因天气寒冷呆在家里.
The weather was so hot that three people fainted, and we had to call a doctor to bring them to life.
天气这么热,有三个人晕倒了, 我们只好请医生来将他们救醒了.
Rosy morning clouds indicate rain, and a rosy sunset means fine weather.
早霞主雨, 晚霞主晴.