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单词 jet stream
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Word forms: plural jet streams
countable noun
A jet stream is a very strong wind that blows high in the earth's atmosphere and has an important influence on the weather.

jet stream in British English

or jetstream (ˈdʒɛtˌstriːm)
noun
1.  meteorology
a narrow belt of high-altitude winds (about 12 000 metres high) moving east at high speeds and having an important effect on frontogenesis
2. 
the jet of exhaust gases produced by a gas turbine, rocket motor, etc

jet stream in American English

US
1. 
any of several bands of high-velocity winds moving from west to east around the earth at altitudes from c. 12 to 16 km (c. 8 to 10 mi)
2. 
the stream of exhaust from any reaction engine
: also ˈjetˌstream noun

Examples of 'jet stream' in a sentence
jet stream

The other great controlling element of weather is the jet stream.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The jet stream was also particularly strong and far south.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The blame for the storms lay with a large loop in the jet stream river of wind a few miles high.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is because the jet stream is returning to a position where it should be for this time of the year.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The awful summer has been blamed on jet stream winds delivering weather more usually seen in Iceland.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The jet stream is also to blame for a dramatic split across Europe.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For forecasters, the jet stream gives valuable clues to the coming weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But his pioneering lessons of high-flying aviation in the jet stream were lost.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And when the jet stream runs fast and straight, the weather turns very wet and windy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The track of the jet stream winds can also meander around in spring, switching between winter and summer conditions at astonishing speed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The tornados erupted from an explosive mix of cold dry air hitting hot humid air, driven on by strong jet stream winds high above.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The key link is the jet stream, a ribbon of fast winds a few miles high that fly around the globe in big waves.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In spring the jet stream loses much of its punch and as it weakens and wobbles it drags far fewer westerly winds off the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Added to that, another big concern is the jet stream, a few miles up in the atmosphere.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This would let the jet stream high-altitude winds run through Europe and help to steer the storms away from our shores.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The problem is jet stream winds at high altitude taking a southerly track, bringing rotten conditions on both sides of the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
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