| 单词 | rain shadow |
| 释义 | rain shadow in British Englishnoun the relatively dry area on the leeward side of high ground in the path of rain-bearing winds rain shadow in American Englishnoun Meteorology a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains Word origin [1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, cathode-ray tube, hookup, hydroplane, internshipExamples of 'rain shadow' in a sentence |
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