Why are people looking up squall?
Squall was among our top lookups on January 30th, 2019, borne by weather reports which were full of sound and fury, signifying nothing but that most of you will be very cold tonight.
近期，各大词典里squall这一单词都上了搜索头条，原因就是气象预报里关于寒流的报道。
An arctic front crosses the region late this afternoon and evening, with high impact snow squalls and brief strong to damaging wind gusts. Bitterly cold temperatures and dangerously low wind chills follow tonight into Thursday morning.
— National Weather Service (forecast.weather.gov), 30 Jan. 2019
国家气象局有这样一则报道：今天下午晚些时候和晚上，一股北极锋穿过该地区，伴随着强烈的暴风雪和短暂的强风。今晚的严寒和危险的寒风将持续到周四早上。
What does squall mean?
The relevant sense of squall is “a sudden violent wind often with rain or snow.” The noun also functions in a figurative manner, with the meaning “a short-lived commotion,” and when used as a verb may mean “to cry out raucously” or “to utter in a strident voice.”
squall的相关意思是“突然刮起的强风，通常伴有雨或雪。”这个名词还有一种比喻的意思，意思是“短暂的骚动”，当用作动词时，意思可能是“大声喊叫”或“用刺耳的声音说话”。
Citations
The wind piled up waves larger than any I had seen since leaving America and in a nasty squall a portion of our bowsprit was carried away.
— New York Tribune, 22 Aug. 1886
纽约论坛报1886年有一则报道：风卷起的波浪比我离开美国以来所见过的任何波浪都要大，在一场可怕的狂风中，我们船头的一部分被卷走了。
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