monsoon
/mɒnˈsuːn/noun
1- a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of the Indian subcontinent and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon)季风。
1.1
- the rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon雨季。
派生词
monsoonal
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim 'season'， from wasama 'to mark, brand'.