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单词 mountain wave
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mountain wave


noun

the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
Also called lee wave.

Words nearby mountain wave

Mountain State, mountain system, Mountain time, mountaintop, Mountain View, mountain wave, mountain whitefish, mountain wind, mountainy, Mountbatten, Mount Carmel man
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Example sentences from the Web for mountain wave

  • The foam from the top of a mountain-wave scudded through the ropes of the car.

    The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893|Various
  • Not only will the march of Morse be under the mountain-wave, but his home will be on the deep.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876.|Various
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