chinook
chinook — 名詞
- chinooksingular
- chinooksplural
1. a dry, warm wind that rushes down the Rocky Mountains and across the plains to t
欽諾克風
從落磯山脈吹下的乾燥暖風
a dry, warm wind that rushes down the Rocky Mountains and across the plains to the east.
A chinook made the winter afternoon feel almost like spring.
一陣欽諾克風讓冬日午後暖得幾乎像春天。
a chinook = a warm dry wind; countable noun
Élise took off her heavy coat when the chinook began to blow.
欽諾克風一吹起來，Élise 就脫掉了厚外套。
Rohan checked the forecast and learned a chinook would reach the ranch by evening.
Rohan 查了天氣預報，得知傍晚欽諾克風會吹到牧場。
chinook as subject of 'would reach' (a wind arriving)
Because of the chinook, the frozen road turned wet and muddy by noon.
因為欽諾克風，結冰的道路到中午就變得又濕又泥濘。
Chinooks often bring sudden warm weather to towns east of the Rockies.
欽諾克風常為落磯山脈以東的城鎮帶來突然的暖天氣。
plural 'chinooks' for winds that happen repeatedly
- chinook wind
- chinook wind
the full name, with the word wind added
- snow eater
another name for this same wind
用法筆記
Countable noun, so you can say a chinook or several chinooks. Distinguish from the salmon in noun/2, where chinook is the fish itself.
2. a very big kind of salmon from the Pacific Ocean, caught for food and sometimes
帝王鮭
北太平洋的大型鮭魚，可食用
a very big kind of salmon from the Pacific Ocean, caught for food and sometimes called king salmon.
Yael caught a huge chinook from the river early on Sunday morning.
Yael 在週日清晨從河裡釣到一條巨大的帝王鮭。
countable noun: catch a chinook
The restaurant serves grilled chinook with lemon and rice every Friday.
這家餐廳每週五供應檸檬佐飯的烤帝王鮭。
In autumn, thousands of chinook swim up the river to lay eggs.
每年秋天，成千上萬的帝王鮭會溯河而上產卵。
plural 'chinook' can stay unchanged for fish
Cyrus bought two fresh chinook salmon fillets at the market near the harbour.
Cyrus 在港口附近的市場買了兩片新鮮的帝王鮭魚排。
collocation: chinook salmon
The chinook on Imani's line was almost as long as her arm.
Imani 魚線上那條帝王鮭幾乎和她的手臂一樣長。
- chinook salmon
- chinook salmon
the full name of the fish
- king salmon
another name for the same fish
用法筆記
Countable noun, often placed before another noun as in chinook salmon. Distinguish from the wind in noun/1.