英语词汇“east wind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

east wind

/ˈiːs(t) ˈwɪnd/

noun

1A wind blowing from the east.

The east wind is proverbially bleak, unpleasant, and injurious to health; Biblical contexts frequently refer to the scorching and destructive east wind of Palestine..

2 Mah-jong. Usually with capital initials. Any one of the four tiles representing this wind. Also: the player who throws the highest score at the outset of a game and draws the first four tiles, or who succeeds to this designation at a later stage.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Byrhtferð of Ramsey (fl. c986–c1016), Benedictine monk and scholar. From the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of east + wind. Compare Middle Low German ōstwint, ōstewint.

单词	east wind
释义	east wind /ˈiːs(t) ˈwɪnd/ noun 1A wind blowing from the east. The east wind is proverbially bleak, unpleasant, and injurious to health; Biblical contexts frequently refer to the scorching and destructive east wind of Palestine.. 2 Mah-jong. Usually with capital initials. Any one of the four tiles representing this wind. Also: the player who throws the highest score at the outset of a game and draws the first four tiles, or who succeeds to this designation at a later stage. Origin Old English; earliest use found in Byrhtferð of Ramsey (fl. c986–c1016), Benedictine monk and scholar. From the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of east + wind. Compare Middle Low German ōstwint, ōstewint.
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