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单词 pluvial
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
plu•vi•al  (plo̅o̅′vē əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Meteorologyof or pertaining to rain, esp. much rain;
    rainy.
  2. Geologyoccurring through the action of rain.

n. 
  1. Geologya rainy period formerly regarded as coeval with a glacial age, but now recognized as episodic and, in the tropics, as characteristic of interglacial ages.
  • Latin pluviālis, equivalent. to pluvi(a) rain + -ālis -al1
  • 1650–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pluvial /ˈpluːvɪəl/ adj
  1. of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainy
 n
  1. a climate characterized by persistent heavy rainfall, esp one occurring in unglaciated regions during the Pleistocene epoch
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin pluviālis rainy, from pluvia rain
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