| 单词 | prevailing wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprevailing wind prevailing wind n. (frequently in plural) a wind from the direction that is predominant or most usual at a particular place or season. ΚΠ 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 205 As when a Wave is raised high By secret Gales..Until some certain and prevailing Wind Comandeth in the Air. 1707 Oration Sacred to Imperial Majesty Anne 47 Like a tall and solemn Oak complying superficiously with the prevailing Winds, and with her Branches humouring the present Blasts. 1748 O. Little Trade in Northern Colonies Considered 78 Several Degrees of cold, moderate, and warm Weather in all places vary with, and depend upon the prevailing Winds. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. v. 129 The prevailing wind..in the region south-west of Hemalleh, is from the south-east. 1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 355/1 Let it be sheltered from prevailing winds, and where the sun will strike the hives each day a short time. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xviii. 238 From..the prevailing winds for the past week he could have been on no other island than one of the Cape Verde group. 1992 Harper's Mag. Apr. 28/2 Landscape..is shaped by the way continental masses bend ocean currents, by the way the prevailing winds blow from the west, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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