| 单词 | mountain breeze |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain breeze mountain breeze n. a light or moderate wind occurring or originating in mountainous country; (Meteorology) = mountain wind n. 2. ΚΠ 1758 M. Akenside Hymn to Naiads in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems Several Hands VI. 10 Where his breast may drink the mountain-breeze. 1809 M. Holford Wallace iv. lx. 164 Ye who fight your country's fight, Whose nerves her mountain breezes brace. 1920 W. J. Humphreys Physics of Air vii. 111 Where the valley is long and rather steep..the down-flowing air current may attain the velocity of a gale and become a veritable aerial torrent. This drainage flow is known..as the mountain breeze, or mountain wind. 1967 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Atmospheric Sci. & Astrogeol. 1150/1 With regard to the gradient of the land surface, local winds may be classified as anabatic (upslope, e.g., valley breeze) or katabatic (downslope, e.g., mountain breeze, glacier breeze). 1994 Connecticut Hort. Soc. Newslet. Apr. 10/1 Unto Santa Fe with its refreshing mountain breezes and the aroma of Pinon Pines. < as lemmas |
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