单词 | monsoon |
释义 | mon·soon ![]() n. 1. A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally. 2. A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer. 3. A similar seasonal wind, as in the southwest United States, that brings increased rainfall. 4. The rain that comes with any of these winds or wind systems. [Obsolete Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim, season, from wasama, to mark; see wsm in Semitic roots.] mon·soonal adj. |
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