wuthering

IPA/ˈwʌð.ər.ɪŋ/
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wuthering — adjective

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1. (of wind in wild, open country) blowing with a loud, rushing sound and great for

1.形容詞C2
釋義

(of wind in wild, open country) blowing with a loud, rushing sound and great force; originally a dialect word from northern England, it is best known from Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights, which describes the wind-swept moorland around the farmhouse.

例句

The wuthering wind across the moors made walking almost impossible for Hana and her guide.

describes wind force on open moorland

Otis could hear the wuthering gale rattling the windows of the old farmhouse all night.

collocation: wuthering gale

同義詞
  • howling

    more common in modern English; describes the sound of the wind rather than its force and dialectal origin

  • blustering

    focuses on noisy, aggressive wind; lacks the northern English dialect association

  • roaring

    emphasises loud volume; a general term without the literary/dialectal flavour of wuthering

反義詞
  • calm

    describes windless or quiet conditions, opposite of the forceful, noisy wind that wuthering describes

  • still

    refers to complete absence of wind movement, contrasting with the active, violent blasts of a wuthering wind

文法句型

wuthering + noun (wind / gale / weather / heights)

用法筆記

Almost exclusively encountered in literature, most famously in the title of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. Not used in everyday modern conversation; learners should be able to recognise it when reading but rarely need to produce it themselves.