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单词 borasco
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borascoborasquen.

Forms: Also boˈrasca, borrasque, burrasca.
Etymology: < French bourrasque, Spanish borrasca, Portuguese borrasca, Catalan borrasca, < Italian burasca (Florio), burrasca (Baretti), according to Diez, augmentative of bora n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: boˈrasco.
A violent squall of wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > a disturbance of the elements > violent squall in specific regions
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1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. vii. 242 Whirlwinds, Hurricanes, Borasques, Tornado, Tuffon.
1692 T. P. Blount Ess. 143 You may see Vulcano's, Hurricans and Borasco's in him.
1849 J. A. St. John in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 733 A borasco overtook them.
1850 J. A. St. John in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 28 The burrascas of the Mediterranean are often of short continuance.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 97 A mighty change..might wind up the evening with a sudden borrasque.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Borasca, a storm, with thunder and lightning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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