| 单词 | blue norther |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue norther blue norther n. [the precise reason for the name is uncertain] U.S. regional (esp. in Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma) a rapidly moving (autumnal) cold front that causes a sudden temperature drop and is often followed by a period of blue skies; the cold wind associated with this.See quot. a1922 for a possible use of the term bluetailed norther in 1865 or earlier. ΚΠ 1869 Ladies' Repository Apr. 319/2 The cold blue ‘norther’ blows keenly. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxvii. 430 Warm, moist weather is generally followed very suddenly by a ‘blue norther’ that pinches one fearfully. a1922 J. H. Chrisman MS Reminisc., 1864–65 in Ordeal of Union (1947) II. 185 What we then called a blewtailed norther, they were very common in Texas forty to sixty years ago.] 1971 B. K. Green Village Horse Doctor 4 A ‘blue norther’ was blowin' down from the Rockies. 1991 Texas Monthly Nov. 203/1 Say, cher, there's enough heat here to melt a blue norther. < as lemmas |
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