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anticyclone n. 逆旋风,高气压圈 逆旋风,高气压圈 anticyclone n 1: ( meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern [ ant: { cyclone}] Storm \ Storm\, n. [ AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate ( cf. { Stratum}). [ root] 166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. [ 1913 Webster] We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. [ 1913 Webster] I will stir up in England some black storm. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. [ 1913 Webster] A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self- explained compounds; as, storm- presaging, stormproof, storm- tossed, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] { Anticyclonic storm} ( Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also { high- area storm}, { anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as { blizzard}, { wet norther}, { purga}, { buran}, etc. { Cyclonic storm}. ( Meteor.) A cyclone, or low- area storm. See { Cyclone}, above. { Magnetic storm}. See under { Magnetic}. { Storm- and- stress period} [ a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century. { Storm center} ( Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent. { Storm door} ( Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer. { Storm path} ( Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels. { Storm petrel}. ( Zool.) See { Stormy petrel}, under { Petrel}. { Storm sail} ( Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather. { Storm scud}. See the Note under { Cloud}. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity. Usage: { Storm}, { Tempest}. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. [ 1913 Webster] Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm' s, anon a tempest' s name. -- Donne. [ 1913 Webster]
Anticyclone \ An" ti* cy` clone\ ([ a^] n" t[ i^]* s[ imac]` kl[= o] n), n. ( Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- { An` ti* cy* clon" ic}, a. -- { An` ti* cy* clon" ic* al* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster]
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