chinook

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发音

/ʃɪˈnʊk/
/t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/

词形变化

chinooks 复数 chinooks

别名

Chinook

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.

    加拿大 美国 气象 物理
  2. 2.

    The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

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词源

Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).

来源:wiktionary