| 单词 | urban heat island |
| 释义 | > as lemmasurban heat island heat island n. an area or locality which has a higher temperature than its surroundings; esp. (in full urban heat island) an urban area having a sustained higher temperature, owing to heat generation by vehicles and energy consumption, and to the absorption of sunlight by roads and buildings. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > urban area with sustained high temperature urban heat island1954 1922 Geogr. Rev. 12 122 Stations in the low-lying and arid ‘heat island’ of southern Arizona have quite a different temperature curve. 1954 Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 35 202/2 The maximum is almost always located in the most densely built-up area, defining the center of an urban heat island. 1964 Trans. & Papers (Instit. Brit. Geographers) No. 35. 69 Although the Manchester heat island is well developed today, it would be difficult to estimate its period of most rapid intensification. 2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July ii. 12/4 The sun baked, and the urban heat island retained and enhanced the heat and humidity. 2009 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 21 Mar. d2/2 Climate change..requires us to lengthen both ends of the growing season. Examine cold and hot frames, cloches, greenhouses, wind barriers, heat islands, and other features. < as lemmas |
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