1 N-UNCOUNT 天气 The
weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.
天气 If you say that someone does something
in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
无论天气好坏;风雨无阻 2 V-ERG (使)风化;(使)褪色;(使)受到侵蚀 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.
(使)风化;(使)褪色;(使)受到侵蚀 [Also VERB n] 3 VERB 经受住,渡过(难关等) 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. to
weather the storm→see: storm 经受住,渡过(难关等) 4 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n] 警惕;密切注意;留心观察 If you
keep a weather eye on someone or something, you stay alert so that you will notice if anything unpleasant happens.
警惕;密切注意;留心观察 5 PHRASE 夸大…的困难;对…小题大做 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.
夸大…的困难;对…小题大做 [British, disapproval] 6 PHRASE 身体不适;微恙 If you say that you are
under the weather, you mean that you feel slightly ill.
身体不适;微恙 Quotations
Summer has set in with its usual severity Samuel Taylor Coleridge 'Tis the hard grey weather
Breeds hard English men Charles Kingsley The Three Fishers weather: the climate of an hour Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary Usage | weather and whether |
Weather and whether sound exactly alike, but are very different. Weather refers to the conditions out of doors - hot or cold, wet or dry, cloudy or clear; whether refers to alternative situations: Umar doesn't care whether it's rainy or sunny outside - he likes running through the park in all kinds of weather. |
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ADJ. | bad weather, clear weather, cold weather, cool weather, dry weather, fair weather, good weather, hot weather, inclement weather, mild weather, nice weather, rainy weather, rough weather, severe weather, stormy weather, sunny weather, warm weather, wet weather 1 |
N. | weather conditions, weather prediction, weather report, weather service 1 |
VERB. | weather permitting 1 |
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