firestorm
英 [ˈfaɪəstɔːm]
美 [ˈfaɪərstɔːrm]
n. (尤指爆炸引起的)风暴性大火
复数:firestorms
COCA.16556
牛津词典
noun
- (尤指爆炸引起的)风暴性大火
a very large fire, usually started by bombs, that is not under control and is made worse by the winds that it causes
柯林斯词典
- (通常指遭到轰炸之后的)风暴性大火
Afirestormis a fire that is burning uncontrollably, usually in a place that has been bombed. - N-COUNT (抗议或批评的)热浪,热潮,风暴
If you say that there is afirestormofprotest or criticism, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of very fierce protest or criticism.- The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。
- The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
英英释义
noun
- an outburst of controversy
- the incident triggered a political firestorm
- a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
双语例句
- The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。 - Nevertheless, recent incidents in which humans reportedly ate human flesh have the Internet in a firestorm, with zombie apocalypse being Google's third most popular search term by Friday morning.
不管怎么样,最近报道的几宗吃人案事件在网络上火爆流传起来,截止上周五早上,僵尸预警已经成为谷歌搜索引擎里第三大搜索词。 - A French media firestorm has been circulating claims that Barack Obama and Beyonce are dangerously in love.
法国媒体爆出一劲爆消息:美国总统巴拉克-奥巴马和碧昂斯陷入危险的恋爱。 - Peering into one of the galaxy's spiral arms, the Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a detailed new look at the firestorm of star birth taking place in the galaxy.
通过窥视该星系的一个旋转手臂部分,哈勃太空望远镜给天文学家提供了一个关于星系诞生的地方的风暴的详细的图像。 - The experiments of imageless thought triggered a firestorm of controversy.
围绕无意象思维实验引发了一场激烈的论战。 - It is sad indeed to think about the animals that vanished in the firestorm.
确实令人悲哀的是思考的动物消失的风暴。 - Now is the time for an effort to prevent a firestorm.
如今是该采取措施、避免火灾的时候了。 - The employee who comes to you after a meeting to discuss a sensitive issue that if brought up in a group setting would have set off a firestorm does you and the business a favor.
那些在会议之后前来与你讨论某个敏感话题的员工,着实帮了你一个大忙因为倘若在团队中公然提出此类问题,必然会引起一场唇枪舌战。 - There's been a firestorm in the financial markets of an economy and the IMF is akin to the fire brigade, they're coming along and they diagnose the situation and a ly remedies.
某个国家的金融市场发生“火灾”,国基组织就如同消防队到现场对火情作出判断并加以抢救。 - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration informed a company in Texas of the new requirement but quickly rescinded the advisory in the face of a firestorm of negative publicity.
职业安全与健康管理委员把那项新要求通知了得克萨斯州的一家公司但面对负面宣传引起的强烈愤怒又很快撤消了那一咨询要求。