“kona”的英英意思

单词	kona
释义	kona|ˈkəʊnə| [Hawaiian; orig. the name of the leeward areas of the Hawaiian Islands.] A stormy south-west wind in the Hawaiian Islands. 1864R. Anderson Hawaiian Islands i. 28 Occasionally a prolonged gale comes from the south, called a Souther, or ‘Kona’.1866‘Mark Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 23 In the stormy season—in the season of the terrible kona.1892Stevenson & Osbourne Wrecker 9 It was blowing a kona, hard.1934M. D. Frear Lowell & Abigail p. xiv, But by night..how the Kona wind moaned and drove the rain up from the sea.1967J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss., Kona wind, a south wind in the Hawaiian Islands, generally onshore at most of the southern exposure beaches. Occasionally offshore or glassy on the north shore.

　

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