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单词 fall wind
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fall wind
fall wind n. [after Dutch valwind (1652)] a strong wind (or gust of wind) caused by a body of downward-moving air; spec. a katabatic wind caused by a mass of cold air moving from the top of a mountain range, plateau, or glacier into a plain or coastal region (cf. bora n.1).
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fall-wind, a sudden gust.
1922 M. Luckiesh Bk. of Sky xix. 203 The ice-caps of Greenland and of Antarctica produce strong and fairly continuous fall-winds.
1970 B. Tufty 1001 Questions answered about Storms (1987) 201 Fall winds are especially strong on the coast of Norway and along the Adriatic and Aegean Seas.
2013 C. D. Ahrens & R. Henson Meteorol. Today (ed. 11) ix. 254 (table) Athos: A strong northeasterly fall wind that descends from Mount Athos over the Aegean Sea.
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