单词 | trade wind |
释义 | trade windn.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind blowing in constant direction trade wind1615 trade1699 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 25 A trade-wind blowing either vp or downe, which when contrary to the streame [sc. the current at Constantinople], doth exceedingly incense it. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vi. 14 Rain,..like Trade winds on some seas, came at set seasons. 1663 A. Cowley To Drake's Ship iv The breath of Fame, like an auspicious Gale (The great Trade-wind which ne'er does fail), Shall drive thee round the World. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xii. 385 Then came on the constant, or what may be call'd the trade wind on this coast [sc. the Pacific coast of America], blowing from the W.N.W, except in the night, that it comes about more Northerly. 1736 G. Hadley in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 61 The same Principle..extends to the Production of the West Trade-Winds without the Tropicks. 1781 G. Colman in R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (new ed.) Epil. I, who was late so volatile and gay, Like a trade-wind must now blow all one way. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 72 But like a Trade-Wind, is the antient Dame, Mild to your Wish, and every day the same. 1869 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast (rev. ed.) x. 66 In two hours the wind moderated into the light steady breeze which blows down the coast the greater part of the year, and, from its regularity, might be called a trade-wind. 2. spec. A monsoon wind in the Indian Ocean region. Cf. monsoon n. 1a, 2. Now historical and rare.The winter monsoon, from October to April, corresponds in direction to the north-east trade wind of the northern hemisphere (see sense 3); the summer monsoon has a mainly south-westerly flow. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > global system > monsoon monsoon1584 trade wind1633 1633 C. Farewell East-India Colation 16 With the helpe of God, and our constant Monsoone, or westerly trade winde, we verie happily (but hardly) recouered the Rendeuous to Surat, and came to an Anker. 1646 R. Boothby & F. Lloyd Breife Discov. Madagascar xii. 46 There is little or no danger, the seas of themselves (taking opportunity of the munsones or trade winds) as pleasant sailing in, as in the River Theames or Narrow seas in faire or summer weather. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 232 When we came in among the Spice Islands..we had a Share of the Monsoones, or Trade Winds. 1796 G. Gregory Econ. Nature I. v. xi. 470 The trade wind, in the Indian Ocean, from April till October, blows in a north-east direction, contrary to that of the general trade wind, in open seas, in the same latitude. 1850 Gaz. of Union 4 May 280/3 It is time now for the bad trade winds, and I tell you, you cannot embark before three months and even more. 2010 X. Liu Silk Road in World Hist. ii. 34 As the incentive for Indian trade became stronger in Roman times.., more specific knowledge of the monsoon trade winds became imperative to regularizing trade with India. 3. spec. A wind blowing steadily towards the equator in tropical and subtropical regions, predominantly from the north-east in the northern hemisphere and the south-east in the southern hemisphere. Cf. anti-trade n.Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator. They are most prevalent in latitudes between 10 and 30 degrees north and south of the equator; the belts are shifted to the north during the northern summer and to the south during the northern winter. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > global system > specific winds of trade wind1652 westerly1845 variable1846 anti-trade wind1853 brave west winds1883 counter-trade1917 roaring forties1953 1625 J. Milward in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. xiv. 525 All the Masters were of opinion, to goe backe into thirteene or fourteene degrees South-ward, to fetch the South-east wind, which is a trade wind betweene twentie eight and eleuen degrees.] 1652 H. Phillippes Geom. Sea-man 65 By sayling toward the Line, you shal gain the benefit of the Tradewind (as they call it) which doth most constantly blow between the North and East, between and neer the Tropicks. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. i. 1 Trade-Winds are such as do blow constantly from one Point or Quarter of the Compass, and the Region of the World most peculiar to them, is from about 30 d. North, to 30 d. South of the Equator. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 446 Getting into the Trade-Winds, our Course was afterwards uniform. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ix. 224 We expected upon the encreasing our offing from Quibo, to fall in with the regular trade-wind. 1835 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 2) xv. 147 There are many proofs of the existence of the counter currents above the trade winds. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 39 The heat of the torrid zone and its velocity of rotation produce the trade winds which blow constantly in the same directions in the same latitudes on the great oceans. 1945 A. F. Skutch in F. Verdoorn et al. Plants & Plant Sci. Lat. Amer. 285 Due to the prevailing trade winds blowing south-west into the high interior of Panama and precipitating their moisture as they rise, there is ample rainfall. 1986 Boards May 16/2 It was also a good time to make the most of the Trade Winds which would help them across to the finishing point at Point a Pitre in Guadeloupe. 2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) v. 155 A captain could never be sure his vessel wouldn't get stuck in these latitudes before he could coax it along..to the fair and constant northeast tradewinds. Compounds C1. General attributive, as trade-wind region, trade-wind zone, etc. ΚΠ 1833 E. Fanning Voy. round World ix. 119 They were under the necessity of putting into port, even in those trade wind latitudes of the Pacific Ocean, in order to refit and repair their ship's rigging, &c. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) iv. §255 The hottest place within the trade-wind regions is not at the equator. 1883 R. H. Scott Elem. Meteorol. xiv. 268 The Trade-wind zone, El Golfo de las Damas, so called from the pleasant weather to be met with there. 1957 F. H. Forrester 1001 Questions answered about Weather (1964) iii. 91 Tropical Maritime air also originates over the North Pacific Ocean trade-wind belt northeast of Hawaii. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 49 The storms seem to be formed in the strangely disturbed band of atmosphere that lies athwart the equator between the two trade wind regions. 2005 T. W. Giambelluca in J. E. Oliver Encycl. World Climatol. 732/2 The climate of the trade wind zone is remarkably consistent, in large part due to the persistence of the trade winds. C2. trade-wind cloud n. cloud, or a cloud, associated with a trade wind.Cf. trade cumulus n. at trade n. and adv. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus > specific types woolpack cloud1648 trade-wind cloud1902 cloud street1954 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiv. 432 The trade-wind clouds had been in sight for a day or two previously, and we expected to take them every hour. 1902 Daily Chron. 21 Aug. 7/1 As the darkness deepened a dull red reflection was seen in the trade-wind cloud which covered the mountain summit. 2005 Willdenowia 35 285 Both mountain ranges..are built of tertiary basalt, represent the highest elevations on each island..and are affected by the trade wind clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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