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从非洲吹向南欧一带的非洲热风,热风
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sirocco \Si*roc"co\ (s[i^]*r[o^]k"k[-o]), n.
In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from
arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern
California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the
hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste
of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.
Sirocco \Si*roc"co\, n.; pl. {Siroccos}. [It. sirocco, scirocco,
Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr,
sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. {Saracen}.]
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly
experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
资料来源 : WordNet®
sirocco
n : a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was
the kind of duster not experienced in years" [syn: {dust
storm}, {duster}, {sandstorm}]