You can hold gale as one rush of air that arrives all at once, pushes hard at everything in its way, and then passes. It is not a gentle steady breeze and not a long violent storm; it is a big shove of wind you have to lean into. Both uses on this page keep that shape — something sweeps through, everyone feels it, and then it is over.
From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary etymology gives Middle English gale, a wind or breeze, and adds that it may be linked to Old Norse gala, to sing or cry — but the source itself hedges that link with possibly.
來源的字源說明是：gale 來自中古英語表示「風、微風」的 gale，並且提到它可能跟古北歐語的 gala（唱、叫）有關。這條連結來源自己也只寫「可能」，所以當線索看就好，不要當定論。
packet Wiktionary etymology_text for gale, etymology 2 (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:406281761): Middle English gale, a wind, breeze; possibly related to Old Norse gala.
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