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the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as the temperature, and if there is wind, rain, sun, etc. 天气；气象 cold/hot/warm/wet/dry weather 寒冷/炎热/温暖/潮湿/干燥的天气 severe/extreme weather 恶劣/极端天气 good/bad weather 好/坏天气 Flights have been delayed because of the inclement weather. 由于天气恶劣，航班延误了。 Weather conditions are set to improve by Thursday. 天气状况将在周四得到改善。 concerns about changing weather patterns 对天气模式变化的担忧 We'll have the party outside, weather permitting (= if it doesn't rain). 天气允许的话，我们就在室外举行这次聚会。 - in … weather
I'm not going out in this weather! 这种天气我不会出门的！ Did you have good weather on your trip? 你旅途中天气好吗？ The winter weather kept us from going out for a walk. 冬天的天气使我们不能出去散步。 His flight was cancelled due to bad weather. 由于天气不好，他的航班取消了。 What sort of weather did you have? 你遇到了什么样的天气？ poor/fine weather 恶劣/晴朗的天气 What's the weather like? 天气怎么样？ I've been enjoying this beautiful weather. 我一直在享受这种好天气。 There's going to be a change in the weather. 天气将有变化。 if the weather holds/breaks (= if the good weather continues/changes) 如果天气还是这么好／变坏 The weather is very changeable at the moment. 现时天气变化无常。 ‘Are you going to the beach tomorrow?’ ‘It depends on the weather.’ “你明天打算去海滩吗？” “那要看天气而定。” a weather report 气象报告 a weather map/chart 气象图 The tent protected us from the worst of the weather. 帐篷保护我们免受最恶劣的天气。
Homophones weather | whetherweather whether- weather noun
Next day the weather turned cold. 第二天天气就变冷了。
- weather verb
Be prepared to weather a storm of criticism. 做好经受批评风暴的准备。
- whether conjunction
You'll have wonderful views whether you travel by sea or by air. 无论你是乘船还是乘飞机旅行，你都会看到美丽的风景。
Collocations The weatherThe weather 天气 Good weather 好天气 - be bathed in/bask in/be blessed with/enjoy bright/brilliant/glorious sunshine
沐浴着／享受着明媚的／灿烂的阳光 - the sun shines/warms something/beats down (on something)
- the sunshine breaks/streams through something
- fluffy/wispy clouds drift across the sky
- a gentle/light/stiff/cool/warm/sea breeze blows in/comes in off the sea
- the snow crunches beneath/under somebody’s feet/boots
Bad weather 坏天气 - thick/dark/storm clouds form/gather/roll in/cover the sky/block out the sun
- the sky darkens/turns black
- a fine mist hangs in the air
- a dense/heavy/thick fog rolls in
- the rain falls/comes down (in buckets/sheets)/pours down
- snow falls/comes down/covers something
- the wind blows/whistles/howls/picks up/whips through something/sweeps across something
- strong/gale-force winds blow/gust (up to 80 mph)
- a storm is approaching/is moving inland/hits/strikes/rages
- thunder rolls/rumbles/sounds
- (forked/sheet) lightning strikes/hits/flashes
- a (blinding/snow) blizzard hits/strikes/blows/rages
- a tornado touches down/hits/strikes/destroys something/rips through something
- forecast/expect/predict rain/snow/a category-four hurricane
预报有雨／雪／四级飓风 - (North American English) pour (down)/ (British English) pour (down) with rain
下瓢泼大雨 - get caught in/seek shelter from/escape the rain
遇上下雨；寻找避雨处；躲雨 - be covered/shrouded in mist/a blanket of fog
笼罩在雾霭之中／厚厚的一层雾中 - be in for/brave/shelter from a/the storm
即将遇到／勇敢面对／躲避暴风雨 - hear rolling/distant thunder
听到隆隆的／远处的雷声 - be battered/buffeted by strong winds
遭受强风肆虐；被强风吹得左右摇摆 - (British English) be blowing a gale
在刮大风 - battle against/brave the elements
与恶劣天气搏斗；冒着风雨
The weather improves 天气好转 - the sun breaks through the clouds
- the sky clears/brightens (up)/lightens (up)
- the clouds part/clear
- the rain stops/lets up/holds off
- the wind dies down
- the storm passes
- the mist/fog lifts/clears
Culture weatherweatherThe popular view of the British weather is that it rains all the time. This is not true and Britain gets no more rain in an average year than several other European countries. In some summers the country goes for weeks with nothing more than a shower (= short period of rain). Perhaps the main characteristic of Britain's weather is that it is hard to predict. This is probably why people regularly listen to weather forecasts on radio and television. However, the weather forecasters are sometimes wrong.The British are not used to extremes. In summer the temperature rarely goes higher than 30°C (86° F). Heatwaves (= periods of very hot weather) are rare events. In winter the south and west are fairly mild. The east and north get much colder, with hard frosts and snow. A cold snap (= period of very cold weather) or heavy falls of snow can cause all forms of transport to stop.Samuel Johnson observed that ‘when two Englishmen meet their first talk is of the weather’, and this is still true. The weather is a safe, polite topic of conversation. Most British people would agree that bright weather with some sun, not too hot and with enough rain to water their gardens, is good. Bad weather usually means days with a lot of cloud and rain or, in winter, fog or snow. The British tend to expect the worst as far as the weather is concerned and it is part of national folklore (= traditional belief) that summer bank holidays will be wet. It may be pouring with rain, teeming down, bucketing, or even just drizzling or spitting, but it will be wet.The US is large enough to have several different climates, and so the weather varies between regions. The average lowest temperature in Grand Forks, North Dakota in winter is almost −20° C (−3° F); in the summer in Arizona it is often above 40° C (104° F). Arizona gets less than an inch/2.5 centimetres of rain most months; the state of Washington can get 6 inches/15 centimetres. The Northeast and Midwest have cold winters with a lot of snow, and summers that are very hot and humid (= with a lot of water in the air). The South has hot, humid summers but moderate winters. The Southwest, including Arizona and New Mexico, is dry and warm in the winter and very hot in the summer. Some parts of the US suffer tornadoes and hurricanes.In autumn people put storm doors and windows on their houses, an extra layer of glass to keep out the cold wind. Cities in the snow belt (= the north eastern and midwestern states that get a lot of snow) have several snow days each winter, days when people do not go to school or work. But then snowploughs (NAmE snowplows) clear the roads and life goes on, even when the weather is bad.Many people in Britain and the US, as elsewhere, are worried about global warming (= an increase in temperature in the earth's atmosphere) due to emissions from vehicles and factories of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) and the extent of climate change this may cause.Extra ExamplesTopics Weathera1Atlantic weather systems 大西洋气候系统 Bad weather threatened. 恶劣天气即将来临。 Deciding to brave the weather, he grabbed his umbrella and went out. 他决定冒雨前去，抓起伞就出门了。 He swims in the sea every day, whatever the weather. 不管天气怎样，他每天都到海里游泳。 I sat outside as often as the weather allowed. 只要天气允许，我都会到室外去坐一坐。 I wanted to mend the roof before the cold weather set in. 我想在冷天到来之前修补一下房顶。 If the weather holds out we could go swimming later. 如果天气一直这样，我们可以以后再去游泳。 It was sunny until the weekend, but then the weather broke. 周末之前天气还是阳光明媚的，可是接着就变天了。 Next day the weather turned cold. 第二天天气就变冷了。 She packed all kinds of clothes to cope with the vagaries of the English weather. 她带了各种衣服以便应付变幻无常的英国天气。 She packed to cope with the vagaries of New York's weather. 她收拾好东西以便应付纽约变幻无常的天气。 Stormy weather prevented any play in today's tennis. 暴风雨使今天的所有网球比赛都无法进行。 The fine weather brings out butterflies. 天气好的时候，蝴蝶就会出来活动。 The plane crashed into the sea in adverse weather conditions. 由于天气恶劣，飞机坠入了大海。 The weather closed in and the climbers had to take shelter. 天气变坏，登山者不得不找地方避一避。 The weather looks beautiful today. 今天天气看起来很好。 We hadn't bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather. 我们并没有预料到天气会出现如此大的变化。 We'll go just as soon as this weather lets up. 天气一好转，我们就出发。 We're having a barbecue next Saturday, weather permitting. 如果天气适宜，我们下星期六就去烧烤野餐。 We've had great weather all week. 我们过去整整一周都是好天气。 a spell of unseasonably warm weather. 一段不合时令的温暖天气 a spell of unseasonally wet weather. 一段不合时令的降水天气 an increase in extreme weather events 极端天气事件的增多 the effects of global warming on the world's weather patterns 全球变暖对全球天气模式的影响 I don't know whether we'll go—it depends on the weather. 我不知道我们是否去，这取决于天气。 The weather was awful. 天气糟透了。 We'll have lunch outside, weather permitting. 天气允许的话，我们就在室外吃午餐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- excellent
- fair
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- spell
- enjoy
- have
- brave
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- clear
- clear up
- improve
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- conditions
- patterns
- system
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- a change in the weather
- in all weather
- in all weather conditions
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- the weather(informal)
a report of what the weather will be like, on the radio or television, in the newspapers or online 气象预报 to listen to/watch the weather 听/看天气 And now for the weather. 现在是天气预报。 I checked the weather this morning. 今天早晨我查看了一下天气情况。
Word OriginOld English weder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weer and German Wetter, probably also to the noun wind1.
Idioms
brass monkeys | brass monkey weather
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if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather 极冷的天气；天寒地冻
in all weathers
keep a weather eye on somebody/something
to watch somebody/something carefully in case you need to take action 对…随时留意；对…小心提防 Keep a weather eye on your competitors. 密切关注你的竞争对手。
make heavy weather of something
to seem to find something more difficult or complicated than it needs to be 小题大做 People in this country make such heavy weather of learning languages. 这个国家的人们在学习语言时遇到了如此恶劣的天气。
under the weather
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if you are or feel under the weather, you feel slightly ill and not as well as usual 略有不适；不得劲