sirocco
/sɪˈrɒkəʊ/(亦作scirocco)
noun
(pl. -os)
- a hot wind, often dusty or rainy, blowing from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe西罗科风(从北非吹经地中海至南欧的热风, 常带来灰尘和雨水)。
词源
early 17th cent.: via French from Italian scirocco, based on Spanish Arabic Šalūḳ 'east wind'.