在饭局上,Amy的同事冷落了Sheldon,而Sheldon不停地想把话题拉回到自己身上,搞得晚餐的气氛很是尴尬。回到住处,订婚后的第一场争吵发生了。
Sheldon: Hey where are you going?
谢尔顿:诶,你去哪儿?
Amy: I’m storming off to my room.
艾米:我要气冲冲地回房间啊。
Sheldon: Well, then where am I supposed to storm off to?
谢尔顿:那我能气冲冲地去哪儿?
Amy: Well, you’re so smart, why don’t you figure it out?
艾米:你那么聪明,怎么不自己想?
如果要表达“猛烈的”暴风雨,一般不说“a strong storm”或“a hard storm”,而应该说“a big/violent/bad/severe storm”。
The news caused a storm in the university. 这个消息在学校里掀起了轩然大波。
His speech was greeted by a storm of anger. 他的演讲激起了众怒。
Penny stormed off. 佩妮怒气冲冲地走了。
Sheldon stormed out of the room. 谢尔顿气呼呼地冲出房间。
Amy stormed at Sheldon. 艾米对谢尔顿大发雷霆。
The government building has been stormed by the troops. 政府大楼遭到了军队的猛攻。
和storm相关的实用短语一起get!
a storm in a teacup 小题大做
I think he is making a storm in a teacup. He just sneezed once and he believed it was flu. 我觉得他在小题大做,他无非打了个喷嚏,就以为自己得了流感。
take somewhere by storm 在某地大获成功
This movie took China by storm. 这部电影在中国大获成功。
after a storm comes a calm 风雨之后见彩虹,雨过天晴
I know you are suffering from the failure now, but try to remember that after a storm comes a calm. 我知道你现在正为失败而难受,但别忘了,总会雨过天晴的。
storm、blizzard、tornado、hurricane、typhoon、cyclone 傻傻分不清?
blizzard 暴风雪:a severe snowstorm
He drew back the tent flap and strode out into the blizzard. 他拉开帐篷的门帘,大步走进暴风雪中。
tornado 龙卷风
Tornado is an extremely violent storm that consists of air that spins very quickly and causes a lot of damage. 龙卷风由快速旋转并造成直立中空管状的气流形成。
hurricane 飓风
typhoon 台风
cyclone 气旋、飓风
台风和飓风都属于热带气旋,发生在北太平洋西部及南中国海的被称为 typhoon;在大西洋西部、加勒比海、墨西哥湾和北太平洋东部的被称为 hurricane;而在印度洋上的则可简称为cyclone。
Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico. 昨晚,飓风“安德鲁”进入了墨西哥湾。
The typhoon hit the coastal areas. 台风侵袭沿海地区。
The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people. 旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
说完 storm,我们再回到视频中,最后Sheldon到底storm off去了哪儿?
Hawking: Are you sitting in a bathroom?
霍金:你现在在厕所?
Sheldon: Yes. I need a place to storm off to and it was all that was available.
谢尔顿:对,我需要一个可以让我摔门而入的地方,只有这里了。