单词 | weather condition |
释义 | weather condition (once / 7700 pages) n WORD FAMILY weather condition: weather conditions USAGE EXAMPLESHe said there were no further cancellations due to Saturday's weather conditions but warned there might be some delays. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The show speculates how it might affect ocean and air currents and result in extreme weather conditions such as blizzards, super storms and wildfires. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Many were lost as a result of difficult weather conditions and poor air traffic control. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) n the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation Syn|Hypo|Hyper atmospheric condition, conditions, weather cold weather a period of unusually cold weather fair weather, sunshine, temperatenessmoderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities hot weathera period of unusually high temperatures thaw, thawing, warmingwarm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt downfall, precipitationthe falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) wavea persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) elementsviolent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements) air current, current of air, windair moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure atmosphere, atmospheric statethe weather or climate at some place good weatherweather suitable for outdoor activities bad weather, inclemency, inclementnessweather unsuitable for outdoor activities airstreama relatively well-defined prevailing wind calm, calm airwind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyra slight wind (usually refreshing) chinook, chinook wind, snow eatera warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies harmattana dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter cold wavea wave of unusually cold weather freeze, frostweather cold enough to cause freezing crosswindwind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft foehn, fohna warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps khamsinan oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring Santa Anaa strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast high winda very strong wind headwindwind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft catabatic wind, katabatic winda wind caused by the downward motion of cold air tailwindwind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft doldrumsa belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific east wind, easter, easterlya wind from the east northwest wind, northwestera wind from the northwest sou'wester, southwestera strong wind from the southwest sou'easter, southeastera strong wind from the southeast fine sprayprecipitation in very small drops galea strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale blast, blow, gusta strong current of air hailprecipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents scorcheran extremely hot day sultrinessoppressively hot and humid weather heat wavea wave of unusually hot weather monsoona seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter monsoonany wind that changes direction with the seasons boreas, north wind, norther, northerlya wind that blows from the north prevailing windthe predominant wind direction rain, rainfallwater falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere samiel, simoom, simoona violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa sleetpartially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) snow, snowfallprecipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals virgalight wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity) south wind, souther, southerlya wind from the south squallsudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation thermalrising current of warm air draft, draughta current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) west wind, westerwind that blows from west to east air massa large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally anticyclone(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern cyclone(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern fog, fogginess, murk, murkinessan atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance calmnessan absence of strong winds or rain clemency, mildnessgood weather with comfortable temperatures raw weatherunpleasantly cold and damp weather storminessthe state of being stormy cloud cover, cloudiness, overcastthe state of the sky when it is covered by clouds turbulenceinstability in the atmosphere atmospheric phenomenon a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere |
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