| 单词 | prevailing westerly |
| 例句 | The machair, James explained, is a unique biome created by the prevailing westerly winds and storms that race across the North Atlantic and find landfall in the Western Isles. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The most notable Foehn events tend to occur across the Highlands, where moist prevailing westerly winds encounter high ground along Scotland's west coast. New maximum December temperature recorded 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Experts say the particles, from Chinese deserts and factories, are carried to the Korean peninsula by prevailing westerly winds. 'Social disaster': South Korea brings in emergency laws to tackle dust pollution 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Two weather patterns — the Indian monsoon and prevailing westerly winds — drive most of the moisture flow towards the third pole. Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z A long breakwater protects ships in canal from the prevailing westerly winds and waves that blow across the canal entrance. Satellite Eye on Earth: November 2015 - in pictures 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z East Coast states in particular are vulnerable to pollution blown by the prevailing westerly winds of the United States. Supreme Court Backs E.P.A. Coal Pollution Rules 2014-04-29T15:48:35Z Directly he was well clear of Samarang, he shaped a course due south in order to pick up the prevailing westerly wind south of Australia on which Fosterdyke counted also. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z At those dizzy heights the prevailing westerlies are in full force, blowing from eighty to two hundred miles an hour night after night and day after day. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z It is very easy to find, and easy to enter or depart from with the prevailing westerly winds. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Now suppose that cyclonic storms should be greatly reduced in number so that in the zone of prevailing westerlies they were scarcely more numerous than tropical hurricanes now are in the trade-wind belt. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The climate of the northwest coast is thus ameliorated, the prevailing westerly winds are warm and humid, and the mean annual 26 precipitation from western Alaska to Oregon is in the neighbourhood of 100 inches. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Likewise, its weather is dominated by prevailing westerly winds, but with significant variation near the earth surface. How Weather Could Link Japan Radiation to U.S. 2011-03-17T00:15:05.763Z In the hill country mountains are admirable settings to tropical gardens, and from there to the sandy shores a delectable climate with prevailing westerly sea-winds encourages phenomenal growth of the choicest plants. Beautiful Gardens in America 2011-01-11T03:00:36.140Z Tourist resorts "This is because of the prevailing westerly winds and sea currents, which bring the litter on to our beaches." Litter on beaches at record level 2010-03-26T06:42:00Z This interferes with the stable planetary winds, such as the trades of low latitudes and the prevailing westerlies of higher latitudes. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Under the influence of the prevailing westerly winds of the north Atlantic, the waters delivered by the Gulf 25 Stream pass the vicinity of the British Islands and in part enter the Greenland Sea. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Owing to the prevailing westerly winds it bore steadily eastward, and day after day we looked in vain for a change. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The climate, however, is colder than the corresponding latitudes of western Europe, because of the prevailing westerly winds, chilled in crossing the Andes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" New Zealand is almost wholly in the prevailing westerly belt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" And the prevailing westerly wind was almost sure to drive them backward to the east again. The Pines of Lory A more dreaded enemy here makes an early appearance—the prevailing westerly wind. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force During the first half of September the weather was very unsettled, with prevailing westerly and southwesterly winds, a good deal of rain and snow, especially rain, and frequent disturbance in the ice. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 IT, or rather she, didn’t go back over the Pacific, perhaps because of the prevailing westerlies. The Good Neighbors Towards the poles there is no obvious limit to the temperate zones, for the prevailing westerlies extend beyond the polar circles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The prevailing westerly winds of the temperate zones have carried many species eastward and have extended the forest areas in that direction. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The “Crusader” having sailed sufficiently far south to obtain the assistance of the prevailing westerly winds, once more, with studding-sails on either side, glided rapidly over the ocean towards the southern end of Africa. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. One group was planted under the canopy of a locust grove, another on an exposed hilltop which faces the prevailing westerly winds. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 He has since learned that during the winter months the prevailing westerly winds so sweep that hilltop that heating a house placed there would be expensive and difficult. If You're Going to Live in the Country So common are such interruptions that the prevailing westerly wind direction is often difficult to discern without careful observation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" At noon, the same prevailing westerly winds brought us within fifty miles of the north point of Sharks Bay, bearing South-East by South. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea On the east coast, with the prevailing westerly and south-westerly winds, these airships had many long and arduous voyages on their return from patrol, and in the bitterness of winter their difficulties were increased ten-fold. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The whole coast from Tripoli to Beirout appears to be formed of sand, accumulated by the prevailing westerly winds, and hardened into rocks. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land Captain Davis had visited the island in the 'Nimrod', and was acquainted with the three anchorages, which are all on the east side and sheltered from the prevailing westerlies. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Nor do the prevailing westerly winds, constituting the “circumpolar whirl,” which are so well developed over the southern portions of the southern hemisphere oceans, blow all the way home to the South Pole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Then he'd run into the prevailing westerly winds and run north on a great circle about five hundred miles below the Aleutian Islands—I see, Grant. Cappy Ricks Retires No doubt the number of our land-birds that actually perish in the sea during their autumn migration, being carried far out of their course by the prevailing westerly winds of this season, is very great. Winter Sunshine Cyclones and Weather.—The prevailing westerlies continue up into the margins of the polar zones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。