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intertropical

/in-ter-trop-i-kuhl/US // ˌɪn tərˈtrɒp ɪ kəl //

热带间,热带地区间,热带间的,热带间歇性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated or occurring between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn; tropical.

Examples

  • The most remarkable masses of modern limestone occur within intertropical regions.

  • We shot several intertropical birds feeding in the latter, and sucking the honey from their flowers.

  • They are intertropical American aborigines, who have become partially European, without becoming Spanish.

  • I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere, with the terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions.

  • In this light, a European colony would be considered by the natives as an inestimable boon to intertropical Africa.