单词 | weather bureau |
释义 | > as lemmasweather bureau weather bureau n. U.S. an agency (spec. one established by the Government) which observes and reports on weather conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > organization weather bureau1871 W.M.O.1951 W.W.W.1963 1871 Harper's Mag. Aug. 401/1 In the year 1857 Lieutenant M. F. Maury..appealed to the public and Congress, through the press, urging the establishment of a storm and weather bureau. 1890 U.S. Statutes XXVI. 653 The civilian duties now performed by the Signal Corps of the Army shall hereafter devolve upon a bureau to be known as the Weather Bureau. 1950 Los Angeles Times 12 Feb. 1/4 Weather Bureau figures show that ·34 inch fell during the rainstorm. 1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline iv. 71 July turned out to be the rainiest month in the history of the French weather bureau. < as lemmas |
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