Tropic
['trɒpɪk] or ['trɑpɪk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics.
整理:默尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.
(n.) One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23¡ 28/, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
(n.) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names.
(n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
錄入:鲁道夫
解釋/意思:
n. one of the two circles on the celestial sphere 23?28′ on each side of the equator where the sun turns as it were after reaching its greatest declination north or south: one of two circles on the terrestrial globe corresponding to these: (pl.) the regions lying between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.—adjs. Trop′ic -al pertaining to the tropics: being within or near the tropics.—adv. Trop′ically.—n. Trop′ic-bird a genus of bird the family Phaé›hontid usually seen in tropical regions.
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例句/造句/用法:
- From tropic to the bleakest north, the cocks crow before the advancing margin of dawn. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Jealousy hot as the sun above the line, rage destructive as the tropic storm, the clime of your sensations ignores--as yet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- One cannot resist speculation as to what might have happened to Edison himself and to the development of electricity had he made this proposed plunge into the enervating tropics. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Hence, the quickest way was to search the tropics until the proper material was found. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I have also had a piece stewed, which you will be able to taste; this has of course passed the tropics. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Later he learned to spin and weave; next to food and drink, clothing became a fundamental necessity, for without it his life could not extend outside of the limited zone of the tropics. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Child of the sun, and nursling of the tropics, it would expire in these climes. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The air rarefied between the tropics, and rising, must flow in the higher region north and south. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The addition of over seven hundred to this list crowded the steamer most uncomfortably, especially for the tropics in July. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This was in marked contrast to the fauna and flora of th e South American tropics. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The air under the equator and between the tropics being constantly heated and rarefied by the sun, rises. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is easy to send cream in good condition to the tropics. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
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