spec. A wind blowing steadily towards the equator in tropical and subtropical regions, predominantly from the north-east in the northern hemisphere…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > global system > specific winds of (7) trade wind1652 spec. A wind blowing steadily towards the equator in tropical and subtropical regions, predominantly from the north-east in the northern hemisphere… westerly1845 A wind blowing from the west. Frequently in plural. variable1846 A variable or shifting wind; spec. in plural (see quots. 1857 1867). anti-trade wind1853 attrib. in anti-trade wind (also ellipt. anti-trade, -s): a wind that blows steadily in the opposite direction to the trade-wind, that is, in the… brave west winds1883 loosely, as a general epithet of admiration or praise: Worthy, excellent, good, ‘capital’, ‘fine’… the strong prevailing westerly winds in ‘the… counter-trade1917 = anti-trade, adj. roaring forties1953 Nautical. Stormy ocean tracts that occur between latitudes 40° and 50° south, where the prevailing wind blows strongly from the west, unimpeded by… |
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