etesian

/ih-tee-zhuhn/US // ɪˈti ʒən //UK // (ɪˈtiːʒɪən) //

埃特西亚,埃特西亚人,埃特希亚,埃蒂西亚

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

There the air is still, particularly when the Etesian winds cool the other parts of the country which are burnt up by heat.
For it was easy enough to sail to Messenia; but to sail back again, while the Etesian winds prevailed, was impossible.
From about the twentieth of July to the end of August the famous Etesian winds ordinarily blew steadily from the west.
In this way midsummer was reached—the Etesian winds began to blow, and the Nile to rise.
Their winter sets in when the Etesian winds begin to blow (for they have rain), and the remaining season is summer.