“wind、drift”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

wind-drift

释义

ˈwind-drift rare.
[f. wind n.¹ + drift n.]
a. A drift or current of wind.
1887Morris Odyssey xi. 400 With the wind-drift stirred against thee, and the whirl-blast laden with woe.1921Discovery Apr. 89/2 The drifts of vessels in the ice..show..a wind-drift which can be paralleled in all the other oceans.
b. The action of wind currents, esp. on water.
1898Geogr. Jrnl. June 662 The sand so produced is rounded by wind-drift in an unmistakable manner, the grains being entirely different from those of sea-sand.1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 257 This patch [of effluent] is subject to wind-drift and can be carried directly on to beaches.1967Ibid. V. 103 Since the cross sections of these two straits are much less than that of the throat of the Celtic Sea much surface wind drift water must return to the Atlantic some other way.

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容：

“wind-drift”的英文意思

“警报牌”英文翻译

“警报孔”英文翻译

“警报笛”英文翻译

“警报灯”英文翻译

“警报球”英文翻译

相关推荐