clime

/klaɪm/ (bre, ipa) · /klaɪm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈklīm/ (ame, mw)

clime — noun

  • climesingular
  • climesplural

1. an area or country thought of in terms of the kind of weather it usually has, of

1.名詞C2
釋義

an area or country thought of in terms of the kind of weather it usually has, often one far away from where the speaker lives.

例句

Every winter, Zola's grandparents fly south to warmer climes in Portugal.

plural collocation: warmer climes

Many British birds head for sunnier climes in Africa before the first frost.

collocation: sunnier climes + verb 'head for'

同義詞
  • climate

    everyday word; refers to the weather pattern itself, not the region

  • region

    general geographic term; not tied to weather

  • latitudes

    literary; often 'tropical/northern latitudes' — similar feel to 'climes'

文法句型

warmer/colder/sunnier + climes

foreign/distant + climes

用法筆記

Almost always plural, paired with a weather adjective (warmer, sunnier, colder, harsher, foreign, distant). The phrase 'warmer climes' is a near-fixed expression used for places people travel to escape winter. Sounds formal or literary; in everyday speech most speakers say 'climate' or just name the place.

常見錯誤

❌I want to live in a hot clime.
✅I want to live in a hot climate.
💡'clime' refers to the whole region, not the weather itself; for the weather pattern, use 'climate'.
❌The clime of Singapore is humid.
✅The climate of Singapore is humid.
💡describing weather conditions of one named place takes 'climate'; 'clime' is for the place itself, often in the plural.