| 释义 |
kona|ˈkəʊnə|
[Hawaiian; orig. the name of the leeward areas of the Hawaiian Islands.]
A stormy south-west wind in the Hawaiian Islands.
1864R. Anderson Hawaiian Islands i. 28 Occasionally a prolonged gale comes from the south, called a Souther, or ‘Kona’. 1866‘Mark Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 23 In the stormy season—in the season of the terrible kona. 1892Stevenson & Osbourne Wrecker 9 It was blowing a kona, hard. 1934M. D. Frear Lowell & Abigail p. xiv, But by night..how the Kona wind moaned and drove the rain up from the sea. 1967J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss., Kona wind, a south wind in the Hawaiian Islands, generally onshore at most of the southern exposure beaches. Occasionally offshore or glassy on the north shore. |