| 单词 | tropical rain |
| 释义 | > as lemmastropical rain tropical rain n. very heavy (and often frequent) rain characteristic of tropical climates; (also) rain likened to this (occurring outside the tropics). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > heavy rain tropical rain1764 stair-rod1963 1764 Ann. Reg. 1763 Hist. Europe 10/2 Deluged as they were with the heavy tropical rains, they compleated one large battery for heavy cannon. 1849 Rep. & Papers Bot. (Ray Soc.) 380 The Nile leaves the zone of tropical rain at the influx of the Atbara. 1922 Pop. Mech. Sept. 356/2 The heavy tropical rains often washed down the banks, leaving little pools of water, in which mosquitoes bred freely. 1992 Guardian 6 June 24 We got back to the lake [in Snowdonia] and drove homewards. In less than 10 minutes tropical rain was thundering on the car roof. 2004 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 9 Dec. 3 A highly unusual weather system..is pulling tropical rain into South Australia from the east coast. < as lemmas |
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