trade wind

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
    — They rode the trade winds going west.

词形变化

trade winds plural trade-wind alternative tradewind alternative

词源

Compound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) + wind, because of their consistent linear direction. Associations with transatlantic trade are a later folk etymology.
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