anticyclone

/ˌæntiˈsaɪkləʊn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌæntiˈsaɪkləʊn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌan-ti-ˈsī-ˌklōn/ (ame, mw)

anticyclone — noun

  • anticyclonesingular
  • anticyclonesplural

1. a large weather system where air sinks and spreads outward from a centre of high

1.名詞C1
釋義

a large weather system where air sinks and spreads outward from a centre of high pressure, usually bringing dry, settled weather and clear skies

例句

Ingrid checked the forecast and saw a large anticyclone sitting over the North Sea.

anticyclone sitting over

The anticyclone brought a week of cloudless skies to Hakim's coastal village.

同義詞
  • high-pressure system

    more common in everyday weather reports and forecasts; less technical than anticyclone

  • high

    abbreviated form used in informal weather contexts, e.g. 'a high moving in from the Atlantic'

反義詞
  • cyclone

    a rotating low-pressure system that brings storms, wind, and rain

  • depression

    a meteorological term for a region of low atmospheric pressure; less intense than a cyclone

文法句型

anticyclone + over + region

anticyclone + brings + weather condition

用法筆記

Technical term used in weather forecasting and meteorology. An anticyclone is the opposite of a cyclone: air sinks and spirals outward rather than rising and rotating inward. On a weather map, it appears as a region of high pressure marked with an 'H'.

常見錯誤

❌The anticyclone brought heavy rain and storms to the coast.
✅The anticyclone brought calm, dry weather to the coast.
💡an anticyclone brings settled weather with clear skies; storms and heavy rain come from cyclones (low-pressure systems).