A dry parching land-wind, which blows during December, January, and February, on the coast of Upper Guinea in Africa; it obscures the air with a…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > hot or warm and dry > from African and Asiatic deserts (9) harmattan1671 A dry parching land-wind, which blows during December, January, and February, on the coast of Upper Guinea in Africa; it obscures the air with a… khamsin1685 An oppressive hot wind from the south or south-east, which in Egypt blows at intervals for about 50 days in March, April, and May, and fills the air… samiel1687 The Simoom. simoom1763 Any of various hot dry desert winds, laden with dust and sand, which blow at intervals during the spring and summer, esp. in the Sahara and the… red wind1857 (a) a wind carrying grains of red sand along with it; (b) an easterly wind having a drying or blasting effect on the leaves of trees and causing… loo1888 The name given in Bihar and the Punjab to a hot dust-laden wind. haboob1897 A violent and oppressive wind which blows at certain seasons in the Sudan, and which brings with it sand from the desert. Also transferred. karaburan1903 A hot dusty wind in central Asia. sharav1968 A hot desert wind occurring in the Middle East in April and May; = khamsin, n. |
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