释义 |
north-ˈeaster [f. as prec. + -er1.] A wind blowing from the north-east.
1774P. V. Fithian Jrnl. in Amer. Hist. Rev. V. 315 This is a true August Northeaster, as we call it in Cohansie. 1839Longfellow Life (1891) I. 347 It means a storm-wind—or a north⁓easter, coming over the sea. 1870Kingsley in Gd. Words 203/2 Thanks to the brave north-easter, we have gained in five days thirty degrees of heat. |