单词 | climate |
释义 | Word Frequency climate(ˈklaɪmɪt) noun ▶ USAGE Climatic is sometimes wrongly used where climactic is meant. Climatic is properly used to talk about things relating to climate; climactic is used to describe something which forms a climax1. the long-term prevalent weather conditions of an area, determined by latitude, position relative to oceans or continents, altitude, etc 2. an area having a particular kind of climate 3. a prevailing trend or current of feeling the political climate Derived forms climatic (klaɪˈmætɪk), climatical (cliˈmatical) or climatal (ˈclimatal) adjective climatically (cliˈmatically) adverb Word origin C14: from Late Latin clima, from Greek klima inclination, region; related to Greek klinein to lean |
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