tempest
n. 暴风雨；骚动；动乱
vt. 使狂怒；扰乱，使激动
vi. 小题大作；起大风暴
n. （Tempest）人名；（英）坦皮斯特
例句
For some, it may seem silly, a tempest in a teapot.
对有些人来说，这似乎很荒唐，是小题大做。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.
我没有想到我的请求会带来这么大一场风波。
By and by the tempest spent itself and died without accomplishing its object.
渐渐地，暴风雨耗尽了它的力量，没有达到目的就消失了。
