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单词 heat wave
释义

heat wave

or heat·wave

[ heet-weyv ]
/ ˈhitˌweɪv /
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noun

an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.

Origin of heat wave

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby heat wave

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Example sentences from the Web for heat wave

  • The heat-wave had put forward the almanac, and the Newport season was in full swing nearly a month in advance of its usual date.

    The Terms of Surrender|Louis Tracy
  • Because, five weeks later, there was a heat-wave in the Red Sea, and everybody took off all the clothes they had.

    Just So Stories|Rudyard Kipling
  • We were in a furnace—a heat-wave in which we were like to drown.

    Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2)|W. H. Russell
  • The first touched upon an untimely, although welcome, heat-wave.

    Adventures and Enthusiasms|E. V. Lucas

British Dictionary definitions for heat wave

heat wave

noun

a continuous spell of abnormally hot weather
(not in technical use) an extensive slow-moving air mass at a relatively high temperature
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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