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astrongwindcoming from thesouthwest 西南大风SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWind & winds - air pocket
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- blowy
- breeze
- chinook
- dust devil
- hurricane
- jet stream
- prevailing
- sigh
- sirocco
- sou'wester
- squall
- the Coriolis effect
- tornado
- weathercock
- westerly
- windless
See more results » (Definition ofsouthwesterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofsouthwestersouthwester She knew that this meant asouthwester, and began, with a certain mechanical deliberation, to set her little domain in order against the coming gale.FromProject Gutenberg There's a nicesouthwesterblowing now, and under the big lugsail we ought to overhaul the canoe before he does so.FromProject Gutenberg It was easier than asouthwesterwould have been, but that was the best that could be said for it.FromProject Gutenberg The vessel was bowling along under a brisksouthwester, which he found had been blowing steadily almost from the moment he had left the helm.FromProject Gutenberg We were glad to get a watch below, and put on our thick clothing, boots, and southwesters.FromProject Gutenberg He was like a grampus when he set his teeth, and asouthwestercouldn't blow harder if he chose.FromProject Gutenberg I said to both officers, who, like me, had crawled into their thick oil-skins and had exchanged their caps, embroidered with gold oak leaves, for the practicalsouthwester.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/southwester## |