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Weather
Vocabulary Classified
| WORD | MEANING |
|---|---|
| arid [ 'ærid ] | adj. 干旱的； The desert is an arid place |
| balmy [ 'bɑ:mi ] | adj. 温和的 The Virgin Islands,located in the Caribbean,have a balmy climate. |
| barometer [ bə'rɔmitə ] | n. 气压计 A barometer is useful in predicting the weather. |
| blast [ blɑ:st ] | n.一阵风 The leaves were lifted into the air by a sudden blast of wind. |
| blizzard [ 'blizəd ] | n.大风雪 |
| condense [ kən'dens ] | v.(使)浓缩，精简 Soup condenses when boiled. |
| convection zone | n. 对流层 |
| damp [ dæmp ] | n. 潮湿；adj. 潮湿的，有湿气的； Don't stay outside in the damp |
| dank [ dæŋk ] | adj. 阴湿的 The cave is dank and dark |
| dew [ dju: ] | n. 露，露水般的东西 |
| downpour | n. 倾盆大雨 |
| drizzle [ 'drizl ] | v. 下细雨 It drizzles quite often in southern China around May. |
| droplet [ 'drɔplit ] | n. 小滴 |
| drought [ draut ] | n. 干旱 |
| frigid [ 'fridʒid ] | adj. 严寒的；冷淡的； Students who come from southern China are not used to frigid weather. |
| frost [ frɔst, frɔ:st ] | n.霜，霜冻，严寒；v. 结霜 frost heaving 霜洼 |
| funnel [ 'fʌnəl ] | n.漏斗云 |
| gale [ geil ] | n.大风 |
| hail [ heil ] | n.冰雹；致敬，招呼； |
| humid [ 'hju:mid ] | adj.潮湿的 People from northern China could not adapt to the humid weather in south China. |
| humidity | n.潮湿 |
| hurricane | n.飓风 |
| meteorology [ ,mi:tjə'rɔlədʒi ] | n.气象学 |
| moisture | n.潮湿，湿气 |
| oxygen | n.氧气 |
| ozone layer | n.臭氧层 |
| precipitate [ pri'sipiteit ] | v.加速 |
| saturate [ 'sætʃəreit ] | v. 使饱和，浸透，使充满 I went out in the rain and got saturated. |
| precipitation [ pri,sipi'teiʃən ] | n. 降水 The annual precipitation of the region this year is higher than that of last year. |
| fog | n.雾 |
| serene [ si'ri:n ] | adj.晴朗的，平静的； It is a dream of the white collars to go the serene countryside in the weekends. |
| smog | n.烟雾 |
| tempest [ 'tempist ] | n.暴风雨 The tempest brought water to the crops. |
| tepid [ 'tepid ] | adj.微温的 The water is tepid. Their performance only received tepid applause. |
| tornado | 旋风，龙卷风 |
| troposphere [ 'trɔpəusfiə ] | n.对流层 |
| typhoon | n.台风 |
| vapor [ 'veipə ] | n.水汽，水蒸气 |
| whirlwind | n. 旋风 |
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