单词 | southern hemisphere |
释义 | > as lemmassouthern hemisphere southern hemisphere n. the half of the earth (or another planet) that is south of the equator. ΚΠ 1652 S. Foster Posthuma Fosteri: Descr. Ruler xii. 80 If therefore you should be in the Southern Hemisphere, you may easily make these precepts serve there too. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 469 I had the pleasure last night..to observe a comet in the southern hemisphere. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 105 The Arctic vegetation has no analogue in the southern hemisphere. 1906 P. Lowell Mars & its Canals vi. 68 The season was probably unusually hot then in the southern hemisphere of Mars. 2009 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 1 July 6 Several countries in the Southern Hemisphere are now struggling with how to respond to the H1N1 virus. < as lemmas |
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