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N-UNCOUNT
天氣
The weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy.
例句
The weather was bad...
天氣很糟。
I like cold weather...
我喜歡冷天。
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V-ERG
(使)風(fēng)化;(使)褪色;(使)受到侵蝕
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.
例句
Unpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour...
沒有上漆的木制家具會褪成灰色。
This rock has been weathered and eroded.
這塊巖石經(jīng)風(fēng)吹日曬已被侵蝕。
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VERB
經(jīng)受住，渡過(難關(guān)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.
例句
The company has weathered the recession...
這家公司從經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條中挺了過來。
The government has weathered its worst political crisis.
政府平安度過了其最嚴(yán)重的政治危機(jī)。
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PHRASE
警惕;密切注意；留心觀察
If you keep a weather eye on someone or something, you stay alert so that you will notice if anything unpleasant happens.
例句
Street committees keep a weather eye on the families in their district.
街道委員會留意所轄區(qū)域內(nèi)的家家戶戶。
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PHRASE
夸大…的困難；對…小題大做
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.
例句
Some of the riders in this section made heavy weather of the cross-country race.
這個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)的部分騎手夸大了這場越野比賽的困難。
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PHRASE
身體不適;微恙
If you say that you are under the weather, you mean that you feel slightly ill.
例句
I was still feeling a bit under the weather.
我仍覺得身體有些不舒服。