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单词 southwester
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southwester

[ south-wes-ter; Nautical sou-wes-ter ]
/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛs tər; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛs tər /

noun

a wind, gale, or storm from the southwest.
sou'wester (defs. 1, 2).

Origin of southwester

First recorded in 1825–35; southwest + -er1

Words nearby southwester

Southwell, southwest, South West Africa, southwest by south, southwest by west, southwester, southwesterly, southwesterner, southwestward, southwestwardly, southwestwards
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Example sentences from the Web for southwester

  • He was like a grampus when he set his teeth, and a southwester couldn't blow harder if he chose.

    The Knight of the Golden Melice|John Turvill Adams

British Dictionary definitions for southwester

southwester
/ (ˌsaʊθˈwɛstə, nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛstə) /

noun

a strong wind or storm from the southwest
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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