tropic

B2 CET-6 大学 FREQ #30550

n. 回归线

发音

其它 /ˈtɹɒpɪk/

词形变化

tropics 复数 tropics more tropic 比较级 most tropic 最高级

别名

Tropic trop. tropick

教材释义与例句

名词

热带；回归线

形容词

热带的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.

    回归线

    热带

    For since on ev'ry Sea, on ev'ry Coast, Your Men have been distress'd, your Navy tost, Sev'n times the Sun has either Tropick view'd,

  2. 2.

    The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.

    哲学
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.

  2. 2.

    Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.

    Hot and humid.

    罕用 气象
  3. 3.

    Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.

    化学 生物

    The binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is allosterically regulated by various tropic factors, such as BPG and acidity.

  4. 4.

    Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

parallel latitude
形容词

同义词 1

tropical

近义相关 2

hot equatorial

相关短语

tropic hormone Tropic of Cancer 北回归线 Tropic of Capricorn na. 南回归线 [网络] 北回归线；冬至线；南同归线 tropic acid [化] 托品酸; 2-苯基-3-羟基丙酸; 邻苯间羟基丙酸(外消旋) tropic hormones Northern Tropic Southern Tropic

词源

From Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).

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