monsoon

• n. 季風；（印度等地的）雨季；季候風

來自阿拉伯語mawsim,一年的某時間，某季節，來自ma-,指示前綴，wasama,標記，記號。

monsoon (n.)

1580s, "trade wind of the Indian Ocean," from Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monçao, from Arabic mawsim "time of year, appropriate season" (for a voyage, pilgrimage, etc.), from wasama "he marked." When it blows from the southwest (April through October) it brings heavy rain, hence "heavy episode of rainfall during the rainy season" (1747).

1. The monsoon rains started early this year.

今年雨季降雨開始得早.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The south - west monsoon sets in during April.

西南季風4月份到來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Travelling is much more difficult during the monsoon.

在雨季出行要難得多.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The monsoon has now covered almost all of the agriculturally important north-west of India.

雨季現在幾乎已經覆蓋了印度西北部所有重要的農業區。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The facts of monsoon climate have been presented in a number of texts and atlases.

季風氣候的一些事實已在一些教科書和氣候圖集中加以介紹.

來自辭典例句