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heat wave

/heet-weyv/US // ˈhitˌweɪv //

热浪,热潮,热波,高温热浪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
    • : a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.

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Examples

  • That research is the latest step in the growing field of climate change attribution science, which connects day-to-day events like heat waves, floods, and superstorms to human-caused warming.

  • From coastal towns and riverfront communities, to urban centers and suburban neighborhoods, the frequency and severity of storms, heat waves, droughts and wildfires is increasing.

  • The city wants compensation for the related injuries, such as higher sea levels and the damage caused by more dramatic storms, floods, droughts and heat waves.

  • Already, the region has warmed at roughly twice the rate as the rest of the world and is experiencing an increased frequency of wildfires, heat waves and disappearing glaciers.

  • It’s a problem that will only grow worse as climate change progresses, bringing swifter and harder rainfall and more unpredictable heat waves and drought.

  • But while he was up there riffing about Steiger, he looked like he did in the Big Heat.

  • The movie we went to that Friday night in 1953 was The Big Heat.

  • Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.

  • There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.

  • The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.

  • It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.

  • Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.

  • But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?

  • The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.