| 释义 |
monsoon/mɒnˈsu:n/n. 1 a wind in S. Asia, esp. in the Indian Ocean, blowing from the south-west in summer (wet monsoon) and the north-east in winter (dry monsoon) 南亚(尤印度洋)季风(分夏季的湿季风及冬季的干季风) 2 a rainy season accompanying a wet monsoon 雨季 3 any other wind with periodic alternations 季风 □ monsoonal adj.[obsolete Dutch monssoen via Portuguese monçɑ˜o from Arabic mawsim ‘fixed season’, from wasama ‘to mark’] |