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monsoon

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n.季候风,(印度等地的)雨季,季风

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形容词:monsoonal

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monsoon


/,mɒn'su:n; mɑn`sun/
n
1 seasonal wind in S Asia, esp in the Indian Ocean, blowing from SW from April to October and from NE from October to April (南亚的)季风(尤指印度洋上四月至十月的西南风和十月至四月的东北风).
2 very rainy season that comes with the SW monsoon (西南季风带来的)雨季.

monsoon


n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Early Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monçao, from Arabic mawsim 'time, season']
[usually singular]
the season, from about April to October, when it rains a lot in India and other southern Asian countries
the heavy rain that falls during the monsoon, or the wind that brings the rain