tropic

英['trɒpɪk] 美['trɑːpɪk]
  • n. 回归线;热带
  • adj. 热带的
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    n. (名词)
    1. [S]回归线 either of the two circles round the earth,one about 231/2 degrees south of the equator
    2. [P]热带,热带地方 the parts of the world between these two lines

英英释义

Noun:
  1. 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

Adjective:
  1. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator);

    "tropical islands"
    "tropical fruit"

  2. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics;

    "tropical weather"

1. From her mother she inherited warmth of nature and dusky, semi - tropic beauty.
她从母亲那儿秉承了热情的性格和亚热带的那种皮肤微黑的美.

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2. Face west, all you plump old men, and ponder your tropic fates.
退休老人们啊, 面向西方, 为你们那莫测的祸福祈祷吧.

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3. She sorted out her things for tropic travel.
她整理热带旅行的东西.

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4. The Tropic of Cancer is the most northerly latitude in the Northern Hemisphere.
在北半球,北回归线的纬度最高.

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5. South bay island Be located in semi - tropical, Tropic of Cancer is traversed.
南澳岛地处亚热带, 北回归线横贯.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The outside temperature in countries outside the Tropic belt is too volatile and too cold to allow the tree to develop.
      在这条回归线带外边的国家的室外温度太易变并且太冷不能允许树生长。
    2. She sorted out her things for tropic travel.
      她整理热带旅行的东西。
    3. The tropic sun glared down on us all day.
      热带的太阳整日灼晒着我们。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The tropic sun glared down on us all day.
      热带的太阳整日灼晒着我们。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Darkness falls quickly in the tropics.
      热带地区天黑得很快。
    2. I went to the tropics for the first time last year.
      我去年第一次去了热带地区。
    3. The coconut is particular to the tropics.
      椰子是热带地区的特产。
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