tropics

英 [ˈtrɒpɪks]

美 [ˈtrɑpɪks]

n.  热带地区
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Collins.1 / BNC.16084 / COCA.13268

柯林斯词典

• 热带地区
  The tropicsare the parts of the world that lie between two lines of latitude, the tropic of Cancer, 23½˚ north of the equator, and the tropic of Capricorn, 23½˚ south of the equator.

英英释义

noun

• the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
  Synonym:Torrid Zonetropical zone

双语例句

• When cultivated and stripped of their dense vegetative cover, soils of the humid tropics quickly lose their fertility.
  当将厚密的植被除去并耕种时，潮湿热带地区的土壤就会迅速失去其肥力。
• We had a trip to the tropics and found the tropical scenery very pleasing, typically in the morning.
  我们到了热带地区旅游，发现热带风景十分宜人，特别是在早晨。
• Heat is transported from the tropics to the middle and high latitudes.
  热量从热带被传输到中高纬度地区。
• The principal agricultural activity is sugarcane farming in the wet tropics and cattle grazing in thedry tropics regions.
  主要的农业活动有在潮湿的热带地区种植甘蔗以及在干燥的热带区域放牧牛群。
• But countries in the mid-latitudes and dry tropics, which are already water-stressed, would have less water.
  然而，在中纬度以及热带乾燥地区这些向来就面临缺水压力的地区，能用的水会变的更少。
• This may range from a high rain forest in the wet tropics to almost bare rock on the deserts.
  这可从潮湿热带的高大常雨林变化到沙漠上几乎裸露的岩石。
• He had always wanted an adventurous life in the tropics.
  他一直想到热带地区过冒险的生活。
• Small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath.
  东半球有羽冠和细长下弯的喙的几种鸟。东半球热带海岸小型树种，树叶下端呈银色。
• In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.
  在热带，植物会长得非常高大。
• Many developing countries are in the tropics, which most efficiently grow such crops as sugar and cotton.
  许多发展中国家都位于盛产诸如棉花和蔗糖等农作物的热带地区。