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单词 gale force
释义

gale force

English

Noun

gale force (uncountable)

  1. (weather) Of a wind, having the speed and strength of a gale.
    • 1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137:
      By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.

Alternative forms

  • gale-force, galeforce (adjective)

References

“gale-force” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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