单词 | pluvial |
释义 | pluvial /plooh"vee euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to rain, esp. much rain; rainy. 2. Geol. occurring through the action of rain. n. 3. Geol. a rainy period formerly regarded as coeval with a glacial age, but now recognized as episodic and, in the tropics, as characteristic of interglacial ages. [1650-60; < L pluvialis, equiv. to pluvi(a) rain + -alis -AL1] |
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