单词 | hot wind |
释义 | > as lemmashot wind hot wind n. a mass of hot dry air that blows over land, esp. for great distances from the interior in parts of Australia, North America, and some other land masses. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > hot or warm wind > hot or warm and dry red winda1400 hot wind1600 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. li. 547 It is meete..that the oyle cellars be scituate towards the North, quite on the other side from the hot windes. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 402/1 A sign of the approaching Simoom or hot wind. 1809 T. D. Broughton Lett. Mahratta Camp (1892) x. 83 The hot winds have set in. 1900 W. Stebbing C. H. Pearson 289 He revelled in the Victoria hot-wind days which shrivelled up everybody else. 2001 S. Roaf et al. Ecohouse (2002) 284 The West House takes advantage of the prevailing northwesterly hot winds that blow during the hot-dry seasons. < as lemmas |
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