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单词 southerly buster
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southerly buster
southerly buster n. Australian and New Zealand a sudden, violent, and usually cold wind or storm coming in from the south; spec. one affecting the south-east coast of Australia; cf. buster n. 5.
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1850 B. C. Peck Recoll. Sydney viii. 132 It is almost a corollary, that the evening of a hot-wind day brings up a ‘southerly buster’, as we have heard the vulgar call it, very chill indeed..as this wind comes from the southerly region of the Australian Alps.
1882 J. Schleman Life in Melbourne 83 In the month of January I experienced in Melbourne a ‘southerly buster’, which increased to a perfect hurricane.
1883 Poverty Bay (N.Z.) Herald 26 July 2 A strong southerly buster accompanied by heavy rain, has set in, and the football match, Canterbury v. Wellington, was postponed until Saturday.
1917 Truth (Sydney) 30 Sept. 1/7 The southerly buster last week lifted the roof of a Marrickville washhouse.
1952 D. Rhodes Fly away Peter 4 Looks like a proper southerly buster... Won't let up for a couple of days anyhow.
2009 Manly (Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 10 Sept. 7 [The radar will] enhance tracking of the movement and strength of wind changes, including southerly busters, cold fronts and sea breezes.
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