“subtropical”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

subtropical

释义

subˈtropical, a.
Also ˌsubˈtropical.
[sub- 12 b, 19.]
1. Bordering on the tropics.
1865Englishman's Mag. Nov. 393 Some currents convey ice into subtropical countries.1867Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) I. i. x. 200 A climate approaching that now only experienced in sub-tropical regions.1883Chamb. Jrnl. 142 The sponges of commerce are almost wholly obtained from tropical or sub-tropical seas.
2. Characteristic of subtropical regions; of a climate, character, habit, etc. between temperate and tropical; almost tropical.
1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 527 Climates sub-tropical, or tropical.1863Dana Man. Geology 534 The Miocene flora of the vicinity of Vienna the same author pronounces to be subtropical.1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 6 The..culture of tropical and sub-tropical fruits in the southern States.1880Dawkins Early Man in Brit. ii. 21 The sub-tropical members decreased, and the temperate forms..preponderated.

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