| 单词 | rainy season |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrainy season rainy season n. a season of high rainfall, esp. in a tropical or subtropical country; cf. dry adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [noun] > rainy season (tropical) rains1615 rainy season1655 long rains1670 season1707 monsoon1747 high season1759 plum rains1894 wet1897 bai-u1910 kharif1920 the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > with reference to weather conditions > rainy or hot season heat1390 rainy season1655 wet1733 monsoon season1976 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 100 Their Seed-time in May, and the beginning of June, they taking their time to dispatch all that work long before that long Rainy season comes. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 122 The rainy Season, and the dry Season, began now to appear regular to me. 1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 622 The waters which overflow and incommode low and flat countries almost every winter and rainy season, as is the case in the Dutch and Austrian Netherlands. 1872 R. G. McClellan Golden State xxii. 294 December..and the succeeding months until May are termed winter, or the ‘rainy season’, in California. 1926 Econ. Geogr. 2 86/2 The great trouble with the Mediterranean climate for agriculture is that the rainy season and the cool season coincide. 1991 Traveller Spring 10/2 Afternoon downpours can cause flash floods in the rainy season so an early start is advisable. 2003 E. Gregg & R. Trillo Rough Guide to Gambia 259 Other distinctive Gambian trees include the flame tree, stunningly florid in the rainy season. < as lemmas |
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