单词 | trade-wind region |
释义 | > as lemmastrade-wind region 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. < as lemmas |
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