simoom

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /sɪˈmuːm/    美 /sɪˈmuːm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
    — The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

词形变化

simooms plural

词源

From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).
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