| 单词 | rainband |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrainband rainband n. (a) Physics an absorption band in the solar spectrum caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, formerly taken as an indicator of rain; (b) a band of rain moving across the country. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > sunlight > [noun] > solar spectrum Fraunhofer lines1837 Fraunhofer spectrum1837 rainband1877 flash spectrum1898 1877 Harper's Mag. Dec. 150/2 Professor Smyth notes at Edinburgh the occurrence of a severe rain..‘marked by a heavy rain band in the prismatic spectrum’. 1930 Times 30 Oct. 20/5 It was fine when the airship left Cardington, but a rain band caught her up near London. 1939 Meteorol. Gloss. (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 3) 156 Taken alone the rain-band is of doubtful value as a prognostic of rain. 1991 Harper's Mag. Sept. 52/2 The first rainband enveloped us, a deafening cataract that halted conversation as two inches of water came bucketing down. < as lemmas |
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