单词 | föhn |
释义 | föhnfoehn/ (fɜːn, German føːn) / nouna warm dry wind blowing down the northern slopes of the Alps. It originates as moist air blowing from the Mediterranean, rising on reaching the Alps and cooling at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate, and descending on the leeward side, warming at the dry adiabatic lapse rate, thus gaining heatSee also lapse rate Word Origin for föhnGerman, from Old High German phōnno, from Latin favōnius; related to fovēre to warm Words nearby föhnfog level, fog light, fogram, fog signal, fogy, föhn, FOI, FOIA, foible, foie gras, foil 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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