trade wind

[ wind ]

/ wɪnd /

noun

Also trade winds .Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.

any wind that blows in one regular course, or continually in the same direction.

Origin of trade wind

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby trade wind

trade union, trade unionism, trade unionist, trade up, trade-weighted, trade wind, trade winds, trading card, trading estate, trading floor, trading post

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for trade wind

Through the middle of the trade-wind zone extends the sub-equatorial belt, with its migrating calms, rains and monsoons.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
At ten or eleven oclock of the morning, the heat of the tropics lifts its hat to the Doctor as the natives call the trade-wind.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2|Ida May Hill Starr
Again, within this trade-wind region are the rainless countries.
The Philosophy of the Weather|Thomas Belden Butler
In the deep and pure blue sky above them, fleecy clouds went past like galleons in a trade-wind.
Lewis Rand|Mary Johnston

The trade-wind blew suddenly once more out of the clear east, and the surf roared again along the shore.
At Last|Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for trade wind

trade wind

/ (wɪnd) /

noun

a wind blowing obliquely towards the equator either from the northeast in the N hemisphere or the southeast in the S hemisphere, approximately between latitudes 30° N and S, forming part of the planetary wind system

Word Origin for trade wind

C17: from to blow trade to blow steadily in one direction, from trade in the obsolete sense: a track

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

单词	trade wind
释义	trade wind [ wind ] / wɪnd / noun Also trade winds .Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. any wind that blows in one regular course, or continually in the same direction. Origin of trade wind First recorded in 1625–35 Words nearby trade wind trade union, trade unionism, trade unionist, trade up, trade-weighted, trade wind, trade winds, trading card, trading estate, trading floor, trading post Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for trade wind Through the middle of the trade-wind zone extends the sub-equatorial belt, with its migrating calms, rains and monsoons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5\|Various At ten or eleven oclock of the morning, the heat of the tropics lifts its hat to the Doctor as the natives call the trade-wind. Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2\|Ida May Hill Starr Again, within this trade-wind region are the rainless countries. The Philosophy of the Weather\|Thomas Belden Butler In the deep and pure blue sky above them, fleecy clouds went past like galleons in a trade-wind. Lewis Rand\|Mary Johnston The trade-wind blew suddenly once more out of the clear east, and the surf roared again along the shore. At Last\|Charles Kingsley British Dictionary definitions for trade wind trade wind / (wɪnd) / noun a wind blowing obliquely towards the equator either from the northeast in the N hemisphere or the southeast in the S hemisphere, approximately between latitudes 30° N and S, forming part of the planetary wind system Word Origin for trade wind C17: from to blow trade to blow steadily in one direction, from trade in the obsolete sense: a track 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
随便看	memento memento mori memling memnon memnonia memo memoir memoirist memoirs memorabilia memorabiliast memorable memorandum memorandum of understanding memorial memorial day memorialist memorialize memorial park memoria technica memoried memories memorist memoriter memorize