wind-driftn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪn(d)drɪft/, U.S.

/ˈwɪn(d)ˌdrɪft/

Etymology: < wind n.¹ + drift n.

rare.

a. A drift or current of wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > a current of wind

wind-drift1887

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 204 With the wind-drift stirred against thee, and the whirl-blast laden with woe.

1921 Discovery Apr. 89/2 The drifts of vessels in the ice..show..a wind-drift which can be paralleled in all the other oceans.

b. The action of wind currents, esp. on water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > a current of wind > action of wind-currents

wind-drift1898

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > relating to action of wind-currents

wind-drift1967

1898 Geogr. Jrnl. June 662 The sand so produced is rounded by wind-drift in an unmistakable manner, the grains being entirely different from those of sea-sand.

1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 257 This patch [of effluent] is subject to wind-drift and can be carried directly on to beaches.

1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 103 Since the cross sections of these two straits are much less than that of the throat of the Celtic Sea much surface wind drift water must return to the Atlantic some other way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wind-drift
释义	wind-driftn. Brit. /ˈwɪn(d)drɪft/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌdrɪft/ Etymology: < wind n.¹ + drift n. rare. a. A drift or current of wind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > a current of wind wind-drift1887 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 204 With the wind-drift stirred against thee, and the whirl-blast laden with woe. 1921 Discovery Apr. 89/2 The drifts of vessels in the ice..show..a wind-drift which can be paralleled in all the other oceans. b. The action of wind currents, esp. on water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > a current of wind > action of wind-currents wind-drift1898 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > relating to action of wind-currents wind-drift1967 1898 Geogr. Jrnl. June 662 The sand so produced is rounded by wind-drift in an unmistakable manner, the grains being entirely different from those of sea-sand. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 257 This patch [of effluent] is subject to wind-drift and can be carried directly on to beaches. 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 103 Since the cross sections of these two straits are much less than that of the throat of the Celtic Sea much surface wind drift water must return to the Atlantic some other way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1887
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