| 单词 | snow water equivalent |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnow water equivalent b. Meteorology. More fully snow water equivalent. The amount of precipitation represented by a quantity of snow, sleet, or ice. ΚΠ 1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 557 The observations with regard to the water-equivalent of snow are of special interest. 1912 Monthly Weather Rev. (U.S.) 40 29/1 The total amount of precipitation for the month, that is, the rainfall plus the water equivalent of the snowfall, was somewhat below the January normal. 1942 Weather Observer (Techn. Man., U.S. War Dept., No. 1-235) 92 Measure the remainder of the melted snow or sleet..to obtain the ‘water equivalent’. 1972 Jrnl. Range Managem. 26 33/3 Relationships of herbage production to peak snow water equivalent were not significant. 2011 Times (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Features section) 55 The huge snowfalls last month amounted to very little precipitation because the water equivalent of snow is roughly a tenth of that of rain. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。