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tramontane

/truh-mon-teyn, tram-uhn-teyn/US // trəˈmɒn teɪn, ˈtræm ənˌteɪn //UK // (trəˈmɒnteɪn) //

有轨电车,有线电视,有形资产,有序的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also transmontane.

    • : being or situated beyond the mountains.
    • : beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
    • : of, relating to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
    • : foreign; barbarous.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
    • : a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
    • : a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.

Examples

  • One sort is that which people carry into those (Tramontane) countries.

  • The blue sky became overcast, and a strong tramontane, as the north wind is there called, was blowing.

  • The people there said they never remembered such a Tramontane (north-wind) except in December or January.

  • The original tower fell two centuries ago during an extra violent blow of the tramontane.

  • Spotswood instituted the Tramontane Order for this purpose; but it appears to have soon fallen through.

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