| 单词 | sea-turn |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea-turn sea-turn n. (a) a gale or breeze (usually accompanied by mist, etc.) from the sea; (b) ‘a tack into the offing’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind blowing from the sea sea-wind1604 sea-turn1627 out-wind1676 tropaean winds1686 sea-breeze1697 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. x. 46 All the night it [sc. the breeze] is from the shore which is called a Turnado, or a Sea-turne. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 23 Sometimes the extreme heat of several days, produces, in the maritime parts, a sea turn, and in the inland parts, a whirlwind. 1883 W. D. Howells Woman's Reason (new ed.) I. 97 A dull chilly morning when the sea-turn was beginning to break in a thin, chilly rain. < as lemmas |
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