perfect storm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions. informal
    — 1796, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries ..., p. 161, But on the 24th of April, the wind again blew a perfect storm, and our other ships of the squadron separated, nor did any of them rejoin the commodore.
  2. A convergence of multiple adverse factors that together create a critical, disastrous, or unusually severe situation. broadly,figuratively
    — 1862, Frank Moore, Edward Everett, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, p. 149, They sent a perfect storm of bullets, over, under, and into our men.

词形变化

perfect storms plural

词源

First use appears c. 1936 in the newspaper The Port Arthur News.
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