| 单词 | heat island |
| 释义 | heat island in British Englishnoun meteorology the mass of air over a large city, characteristically having a slightly higher average temperature than that of the surrounding air heat island in American Englishnoun an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities Word origin [1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buyback, deinstitutionalize, disco, proxemics, tag questionExamples of 'heat island' in a sentence |
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