单词 | trade wind |
释义 | trade wind From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Meteorologytrade windˈtrade wind noun [countable]HEMa tropical wind that blows towards the equator from either the northeast or the southeastExamples from the Corpustrade wind• Sometimes a trade wind takes me toward land.• Its economy, as a world trader, is sensitive to every trade wind that blows.• To grasp the whole picture, envisage first the trade wind, blowing from east to west.Origin trade wind (1600-1700) trade “course” ((14-17 centuries)); → TRADE1 |
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