monsoon

monsoon

英 [mɒn'suːn]
　　美 [,mɑn'sun]

n. 季風；（印度等地的）雨季；季候風

中文詞源：

monsoon 季風，雨季

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。

例句：

1. The monsoon rains started early this year.
今年雨季降雨開始得早.

2. The south - west monsoon sets in during April.
西南季風4月份到來.

3. Travelling is much more difficult during the monsoon.
在雨季出行要難得多.

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瞭印度西北部所有重要的農業區。

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.