| 单词 | cardinal wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmascardinal wind cardinal wind n. a wind that blows from a cardinal point, i.e. north, south, east, or west. [Compare post-classical Latin venti cardinales, plural (5th cent.), Old French vant quardonal (end of the 13th cent.), Old Occitan vent cardinal (14th cent.).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > wind from a cardinal point headwindOE cardinal winda1398 quarter winda1450 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. iii. 574 The secounde cardynale and chief wynde [L. ventus cardinalis] is Fauonius, þe westerne wynde... The þridde cardynal and chief wynd is Auster. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 48 Ther is iiij callit vyndis cardinal. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xv. 32 They..subdivided the foure cardinall winds to two and thirty. 1756 New & Accurate Descr. Present Great Roads Eng. & Wales iv. 155 [Chichester] is a neat compact t[own]. with a wall and 4 gates answering to the 4 cardinal winds. 1907 Gentlewoman 15 June p. xii The whole is on a solid silver base, with four pairs of wings at each corner, to represent the Cardinal Winds. 2018 R. Baribeau Winds of Spirit ii. 49 Conscious engagement with the emanating energy of the cardinal winds will provide you with daily guidance. < as lemmas |
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