[英伦广角] 2015-12-05 超级风暴袭击英国 多地发布暴雨暴雪及洪水预警

There'll be a mostly fine and sunny start of the day, but it'll be cold with a patchy frost in the north, there'll be a few showers mainly over Scotland, northern Ireland and the north of the Republic, the morning will stay fine for most with early showers in the north *, but strengthening winds will bring increasing cloud to the north and west and rain into north west Scotland by mid¹ day, there'll be severe coastal² gales³ for western Ireland and north west Scotland, the afternoon will see rain spreading to most of Scotland and north west Ireland accompanied by gusts⁴ such as 60 mph in land much more over the coasts, Saturday will bring gusts of over 70 mph to northern and western coasts and hills and prolonged rain to northern and central Britain, northern Ireland and the Republic bringing some localized flooding, southern England will stay dry.

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1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 gales   

龙猫

参考例句：

• I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs. 我能听到来自楼下的阵阵笑声。
• This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience. 观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

4 gusts   

一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作

参考例句：

• Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
• Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。