| 释义 |
‖ Niño, n.|ˈniːɲo, anglicized ˈniːnjəʊ|
[Shortening of *El Niño n.]
= *El Niño n.
Since El = ‘the’, this is the more correct form with the or a plural.
1932Geography XVII. 94 The abnormal warm water of 25°–28°C. felt as warm current from the north..is called the niño current by the Peruvian people. 1977Sci. Amer. July 60/3 The Niño extended southward along the entire Peruvian coast and remained longer than ever before—more than a year and a half. 1986Ibid. June 55h/3 Such relatively intense Niños were observed..most recently..in 1982–83, when the sea surface off Peru warmed by more than seven degrees Celsius. 1986Independent 29 Dec. 2 Normally dry areas, such as the western coast of Peru, have heavy rains during an extreme Niño. |