levanter

n. 累范特风, 躲债者 [法] 逃亡者, 躲债者

词形变化

levanters 复数 levanters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.

  2. 2.

    One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

easter easterly east wind

词源

* (wind): Levant + -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France. * (person): levant + -er

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