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monsoon

/mon-soon/US // mɒnˈsun //UK // (mɒnˈsuːn) //

季风,梅雨季节,雨季,梅雨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
    • : the season during which the southwest monsoon blows, commonly marked by heavy rains; rainy season.
    • : any wind that changes directions with the seasons.
    • : any persistent wind established between water and adjoining land.

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Examples

  • This can occur during hurricanes along the East Coast or monsoons in the Southwest, but climate change makes it possible even during a regular rainstorm.

  • In a regional quirk, the aerosols emitted by South Asia—particles from emissions, or stirred-up dust—are thought to have had the opposite effect over the second half of the 20th century, drying out the monsoon and triggering droughts.

  • The Western Samoan government required villages to build cement schools because their former palm-thatch construction could not withstand the frequent monsoons.

  • The delayed monsoons can have an implication on the sowing of the Kharif monsoon crop and thereby crop output.

  • It’s that time of year again in the US—hurricane and monsoon season is upon us.

  • Monsoon rains sparked widespread flooding that submerged the camp in water.

  • The monsoon season that year saw six tiger attacks, despite the normal rarity of such incidents in that season.

  • By Sunday, the shifting winds of a monsoon storm drove the flames toward the town.

  • The Bangkok metro continued to operate even as a foot of water lapped at the entrances during the 2011 monsoon.

  • Neither heat nor the threat of monsoon-like rains keeps activists from their placards.

  • Undoubtedly the best time to try and climb the mountain would be before the monsoon breaks in May or early June.

  • Without consulting the meteorologist at Simla it is difficult to accept assertions about the monsoon as ultimate truth.

  • Huge breakers, urged on by the southeast monsoon, boil over these rocks from one year's end to the next.

  • I suppose this break may be taken as the forerunner of the monsoon on Mount Everest.

  • Will the whole of the snow fallen during the monsoon of 1921 have melted before the next monsoon, and if so by what date?