sirocco

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
    — But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.
  2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat. colloquial
    — In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle.

词形变化

siroccos plural sciroc alternative siroc alternative scirocco alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
siroccoish

词源

Etymology tree
Italian sciroccobor.
English sirocco
Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).
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