foehn

n. [气]焚风

发音

UK /fɜːn/
其它
UK /feɪn/
US /fɝn/
US /feɪn/

词形变化

foehns 复数 foehns

别名

foen föhn fohn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.

    焚风

    火烧风

    The foehn and the sun must have awakened the spirits of spring way up in the heights.

  2. 2.

    A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.

    气象

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

fohn

上位词 1

wind

词源

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”).

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