| 单词 | discomfort index |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiscomfort index discomfort index n. originally U.S. (a) Meteorology an index for measuring the discomfort felt in warm weather as a result of the combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air; (b) Economics an informal measure of the state of an economy obtained from the sum of the rate of inflation and the unemployment statistics; = misery index n. at misery n. Compounds 2 (now somewhat rare). ΚΠ 1957 Boston Globe 29 Mar. 2/7 The Weather Breau's [sic] climatology office in Washington is working on this problem, which is difficult because it involved humidity... A new tool called the ‘discomfort index’ has been developed. 1971 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 5 July 12/1 The ‘discomfort index’ invented by Arthur M. Okun..has shot up to a startling 13.4. 1983 Economist 22 Oct. 111/1 The chart shows this ‘discomfort index’ for the seven largest countries. 2007 E. Amenta Professor Baseball 115 It has reached the midnineties by the early afternoon and the discomfort index is well into the three digits. < as lemmas |
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