climate
n. 气候
释义2:
climate
/ 5klaimit /
◙ noun1. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period• 气候 »our cold, wet climate. 我们这里又冷又湿的气候。 »[mass noun] agricultural development is constrained by climate. 农业发展受气候限制。 a region with particular prevailing weather conditions• 某气候占主导的地区 »holidaying in a hot climate. 在炎热地区度假。 the prevailing trend of public opinion or of another aspect of public life• 舆论趋势;社会风气 »the current economic climate. 当前的经济气候。【派生】
♦ climatic adjective♦ climatical adjective♦ climatically adverb【语源】
1. late Middle English: from Old French climat or late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima 'slope, zone', from klinein 'to slope'. The term originally denoted a zone of the earth between two lines of latitude, then any region of the earth, and later, a region considered with reference to its atmospheric conditions. --› compare
clime
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