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单词 anti-trade
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anti-tradeadj.n.

/ˈæntɪˌtreɪd/
Etymology: anti- prefix1 1b.
attrib. in anti-trade wind (also ellipt. anti-trade, -s): a wind that blows steadily in the opposite direction to the trade-wind, that is, in the northern hemisphere from S.W., and in southern hemisphere from N.W.
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trade wind1652
westerly1845
variable1846
anti-trade wind1853
brave west winds1883
counter-trade1917
roaring forties1953
1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) iv. §19. 157 The great and permanent system of winds known as the ‘trades’ and ‘anti-trades.’
1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. 40 This secondary or anti-trade wind prevails from about 30° to 60° latitude at sea.
1875 J. Croll Climate & Time ii. 28 The south-west wind to which we owe so much of our warmth in this country, is the continuation of the anti-trade.
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