| 单词 | rain belt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain belt rain belt n. (a) an area having a high annual rainfall; (b) = rainband n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a continuous extent of rain sheet1697 rain belt1851 1851 M. F. Maury Explan. & Sailing Direct. (ed. 3) 174 It may be supposed that a thermometer kept sliding on the surface of the earth so as always to be in the middle of this rain belt, would shew very nearly the same temperature all the year round. 1854 L. Gibbon Explor. Valley of Amazon II. x. 259 Along the beach large trees have been left as the rain-belt passed north. 1929 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 15 346 The fossil locality lies..near the present southern border of the tropical rain belt. 1969 A. G. Forsdyke Weather Guide 49 The rain belt ahead of a warm front is often 200 to 300 miles wide. 1996 High Country News 14 Oct. 3/1 The majority of the rejected permits were for..developments or golf courses located in the rain belt of the west side of the Cascades. 2006 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 32 At that time big areas were affected by a long sequence of rain belts that advanced slowly across the country from the Atlantic. < as lemmas |
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