单词 | land-wind |
释义 | land-windn. A wind blowing from the land seawards. Also attributive. (Cf. land-breeze n.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind blowing from the land land-wind1598 land-breeze1667 out-wind1669 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxiv. 67/1 The East winds beginne to blow from off the lande into the seas, whereby they are called Terreinhos, that is to say, the land windes. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. viii. 142 There be foraine or land windes which come from the land. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §12 Being a Land-wind, it must blow hard before it raises any considerable sea at the rock. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 538 It is not uncommon, during the land-wind, for the thermometer to stand at upwards of 100° in the shade. 1848 H. W. Longfellow Sir H. Gilbert v Alas! the land-wind failed. 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 44 In the land-wind season. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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