monsoons

英 [mɒnˈsuːnz]

美 [mɑnˈsunz]

n.  (南亚地区的)雨季，雨季的降雨; 季风，季节风(盛行于南亚地区，夏季刮西南风，带来雨水，冬季刮东北风)
monsoon的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (南亚地区的)季风季节，雨季
  Themonsoonis the season in Southern Asia when there is a lot of very heavy rain.
  1. ...the end of the monsoon.
     雨季的尾声
  2. ...monsoon flooding.
     雨季的洪水泛滥
• N-PLURAL (雨季的)季风雨，降雨
  Monsoon rains are sometimes referred to asthe monsoons.
  1. In Ban-gladesh, the monsoons have started.
     在孟加拉，雨季已经开始了。

双语例句

• But the southwest monsoons will subside by the end of August and then we expect the pirates to be back there trying to seize the ships.
  但是到8月底，西南季风即将结束，到那时，海盗将会继续劫持船只。
• Question about Thailand: Cook's "heart goes out" to the losses from the monsoons.
  关于泰国市场：库克非常关心泰国水灾造成的损失。
• The existing possibility of monsoons is discussed and it is proposed that there not only occurred planetary monsoon but also ocean-continent monsoon and the ancient East Asia Monsoon had been existing as early as the Cretaceous.
  讨论了季风存在的可能性，认为当时不仅具有行星季风同时还具海陆季风，古东亚季风早在白垩纪就已存在。
• The team also discovered that weak summer monsoons were highly correlated with the demise of major Chinese dynasties in the past four centuries.
  这一研究小组同时还发现，夏季季风减弱同中国过去四个世纪的朝代灭亡有高度的相关。利用石笋的记录，该研究小组得以将降雨量同中国的唐、元及明朝的盛衰时间联系起来。
• To a greater extent than was formerly thought to be the case the monsoons appear to be in the nature of various kinds and degrees of modification of the general planetary wind system.
  季风看来具有受行星总风系的不同性质和不同程度的影响，这比以往更为可信。
• Current climate models predict increases in heavy rainfall events, such as monsoons, in equatorial regions such as India and countries affected by the West African monsoon.
  目前的气候模型预测了印度等赤道地区和受西非季风影响的国家的暴雨事件（例如季风）增加。
• Due to the rapidly changing climate, floods, droughts, hurricanes, and severe monsoons take their toll each year, destroying millions of tons of crops.
  由于气候快速变迁，洪水、干旱、飓风及连绵雨季每年都造成许多损害，摧毁数百万吨的农作物。
• Their variations in increase and decrease are closely related to the monsoons of South China Sea.
  这些变性水团的消长变化与南海的季风密切相关。
• Despite their limitations, climate models do capture various aspects of the real world's climate: seasons, trade winds, monsoons and the like.
  气候模式虽然有许多限制，不过也的确可以用来模拟许多真实世界的气候现象，例如季节、信风（tradewind）、印度季风（monsoon）等。
• Monsoons caused the river to burst its banks.
  季风雨使河堤决口。