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subtropical

/suhb-trop-i-kuhl/US // sʌbˈtrɒp ɪ kəl //UK // (sʌbˈtrɒpɪkəl) //

亚热带,亚热,亚热带的,副热带

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
    • : pertaining to or occurring in a region between tropical and temperate; subtorrid; semitropical.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a subtropical plant.

Examples

  • It’s a time when subtropical forests spread over the continents and new animals got to stake their claims on the planet, all thanks to an atmosphere and oceans in turmoil.

  • Plants need hydration, after all, and changes to the world’s rain cycle provided an essential assist in the proliferation of subtropical canopies.

  • Pledges of 43 tropical and subtropical nations that joined by 2019 — a mix of plantations and natural regrowth — would sequester 16 gigatons of carbon.

  • Consider the fall armyworm, a pest native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas that feeds on corn.

  • Leishmaniasis, Gaither learned, is common in tropical and subtropical countries like Brazil, Mexico, and India.

  • Another mosquito-borne infection, dengue is found primarily in urban and rural tropical and subtropical regions.

  • It is very common in subtropical countries, notably in Italy and in southern China.

  • Accidental; two instances; habitat, tropical and subtropical America.

  • About two miles inland from Pentewan is Heligan, a very fine estate, whose gardens display rare subtropical vegetation.

  • Here the full force of the fierce subtropical sun began to make itself felt.

  • Overhead spread a canopy of luminous, subtropical stars; in undisturbed silence they gazed up at their brilliance.