单词 | south equatorial current |
释义 | > as lemmasSouth Equatorial Current South Equatorial Current n. an ocean current that flows westwards across the Pacific just south of the equator; each of two similar currents in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. ΚΠ 1853 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 23 227 A portion of the South Equatorial Current, S. of New Caledonia, is turned to the W.S.W., towards the Australian coast. 1915 P. Lake Physical Geogr. xiii. 163 The circulation of the water in the Pacific Ocean is very like that in the Atlantic... There is a North Equatorial Current and also a South Equatorial Current. 1973 W. T. Neill 20th-cent. Indonesia iv. 149 The South Equatorial Current passes in a westwardly direction through the waters of southern Indonesia and the Indian Ocean. 1997 Evolution 51 778/1 The nearest populations on the Society Islands were situated in the South Equatorial Current. < as lemmas |
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