khamsin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.
    — That second spring the khamseen was worse than I have ever known it before or since.

词形变化

khamsins plural chamsin alternative hamsin alternative khamseen alternative khamaseen alternative kamsin alternative kamseen alternative

词源

From Egyptian Arabic خَمْسِين (ḵamsīn, “fifty”); see khamaseen for more.
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