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【释义】：

n．❶ 天气：fair weather 晴天．cloudy weather 阴天．wet weather 多雨天气．weather forecast天气预报．What is the weather like in Peking?北京天气怎么样?We will go in all weathers．不论什么天气我们都要去make good(bad) weather(水手用语)遇到好(坏)天气．under stress of weather 因暴风雨．❷ 【喻】形势，情况：see bad weather ahead见势不妙．stand in all weathers风雨共济．keep one’s weather eye open留心，警惕．make heavy weather of(sth．)发现(某事)困难、麻烦等．

－vt．❶ (平安)渡过：weather a storm冲过暴风雨，渡过难关．weather a crisis渡过危机．The more hardship the revolutionary fighters weathered the happier they felt．革命战士越是吃苦心越甜．❷ 晾干，吹干：weather wood把木材晾干．❸ 风化，退色：rocks weathered by wind and rain因风吹雨打而风化了的岩石，

－vi．风化，退色：Limestone weathered badly．石灰石风化得很厉害．