• n. 季風(fēng)；（印度等地的）雨季；季候風(fēng)

來(lái)自阿拉伯語(yǔ)mawsim,一年的某時(shí)間，某季節(jié)，來(lái)自ma-,指示前綴，wasama,標(biāo)記，記號(hào)。

monsoon (n.)

1580s, "trade wind of the Indian Ocean," from Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese mon?ao, from Arabic mawsim "time of year, appropriate season" (for a voyage, pilgrimage, etc.), from wasama "he marked." When it blows from the southwest (April through October) it brings heavy rain, hence "heavy episode of rainfall during the rainy season" (1747).

1. The monsoon rains started early this year.

今年雨季降雨開(kāi)始得早.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. The south - west monsoon sets in during April.

西南季風(fēng)4月份到來(lái).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. Travelling is much more difficult during the monsoon.

在雨季出行要難得多.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. The monsoon has now covered almost all of the agriculturally important north-west of India.

雨季現(xiàn)在幾乎已經(jīng)覆蓋了印度西北部所有重要的農(nóng)業(yè)區(qū)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. The facts of monsoon climate have been presented in a number of texts and atlases.

季風(fēng)氣候的一些事實(shí)已在一些教科書(shū)和氣候圖集中加以介紹.

來(lái)自辭典例句