单词 | tropic |
释义 | tropic (once / 326 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY tropic: semitropic, subtropic, tropical, tropics+/subtropic: subtropics/tropical: semitropical, subtropical, tropically/tropics: semitropics USAGE EXAMPLESRosset was arrested for publishing Henry Miller’s banned novel “Tropic of Cancer.” The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Zoo visitors will be able to see them in their habitat at Tropic World: Asia. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) And, to the south, a high pressure ridge keeps pushing along warm air from the tropics. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1n either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics Exp|Hyper Tropic of Cancer a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator Tropic of Capricorna line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator latitude, line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator 2adj relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) Syn tropical equatorial of or existing at or near the geographic equator 3adj of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics Syn tropical hot used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning |
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