单词 | windchill factor |
释义 | windchill factor in American English (ˈwɪndˌtʃɪl) an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor : also windchill indexwindchill factor in American English (ˈwɪndˌtʃɪl, ˈwɪn-) noun Meteorology the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed Also: wind chill factor, wind-chill factor. Also called: chill factor, wind chill, windchill index Word origin [1945–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: beeper, ergative, on-line, regression analysis, synchronized swimming |
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