单词 | meteorologist |
释义 | meteorologistn. An expert in or student of meteorology. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > one who studies or is skilled in meteorology meteorologer1555 meteorologician1580 meteorologian1583 meteorologist1638 weatherling1656 aerologist1847 aerographer1849 skygazer1860 weather-lorist1905 Met1943 1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) i. ii. i. ii. 46 Whirlewindes..and..stormes; which..our Metereolagists generally referre to naturall causes. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion ii. 14 The wonderful effects Lightning has produced: of which effects..the Writings of Meteorologists afford good store. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 251 It may help the sagacious Meteorologist to resolve several difficulties relating to these Northern Lights. 1793 (title) The Meteorologist's Assistant in keeping a diary of the weather; or, atmospherical register of the state of the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, and wind, at three periods in every day, and the quantity of rain, &c., falling each day. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 348 Professor Leslie..in his invention of a correct hygrometer..has presented the meteorologist with a gift which [etc.]. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. iii. 32 Meteorologists have now prepared maps of the oceans showing the sea-captain where he will find winds and currents most favourable to a rapid voyage. 1944 C. P. Lent Rocket Res. 74/2 Improved balloons and radiometeorographs..are now being developed by meteorologists. 1994 Computer July 65 Even in this age of computers, meteorologists manually plot weather observations on maps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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