Peru currentn.

Brit.

/pəˌruː ˈkʌrənt/,

/pəˌruː ˈkʌrn̩t/, U.S.

/pəˌru ˈkərənt/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Peru , current n.

Etymology: < Peru, the name of a country in the west of South America (see Peruvian n.¹ and adj.) + current n. Compare earlier Peruvian current n. at Peruvian n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1b, Humboldt current n. at Humboldt n.

Oceanography.

= Peruvian current n. at Peruvian n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1b.

ΚΠ

1904 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 36 190 Three of the selections from von Humboldt are ‘The Equinoctial Current and the Gulf Stream’, ‘The Peru Current’, and ‘Considerations upon the Population of America’.

1952 J. A. Steers et al. Lake's Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) ii. iv. 203 The Peru Current..originates in the south where some of the Sub-Antarctic water flowing to the east is deflected northwards by the land.

1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 54 The lack of upwelling allows a tongue of the equatorial counter-current..to head further south, into the region of the northbound Peru current.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peru current
释义	Peru currentn. Brit. /pəˌruː ˈkʌrənt/, /pəˌruː ˈkʌrn̩t/, U.S. /pəˌru ˈkərənt/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Peru , current n. Etymology: < Peru, the name of a country in the west of South America (see Peruvian n.¹ and adj.) + current n. Compare earlier Peruvian current n. at Peruvian n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1b, Humboldt current n. at Humboldt n. Oceanography. = Peruvian current n. at Peruvian n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1904 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 36 190 Three of the selections from von Humboldt are ‘The Equinoctial Current and the Gulf Stream’, ‘The Peru Current’, and ‘Considerations upon the Population of America’. 1952 J. A. Steers et al. Lake's Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) ii. iv. 203 The Peru Current..originates in the south where some of the Sub-Antarctic water flowing to the east is deflected northwards by the land. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 54 The lack of upwelling allows a tongue of the equatorial counter-current..to head further south, into the region of the northbound Peru current. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1904
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