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单词 leveche
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levechen.

/lɛˈbɛtʃɛ/
Etymology: Spanish.
A hot, dry, more or less southerly wind of south-eastern Spain, the local counterpart of the sirocco.
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1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 296/2 The eastern part of this [southern] zone is the part of Spain which is liable to be visited from time to time by the scorching and blasting leveche, the name given in Spain to the sirocco.
1927 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents (ed. 2) xxxi. 240 The Sirocco..has naturally received local names, in south-east Spain levèche, in Algeria sirocco, in Tunis chili, in Tripoli gibli, [etc.].
1962 J. E. Van Riper Man's Physical World vii. 222/2 The Mediterranean area also is the home of a hot, searing, dust-laden wind off the Sahara, known in various localities as sirocco, khamsin, leveche, or samiel.
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