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trop·ic
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复数:tropics
词根:tropic
adj.tropical 热带的;热情的;酷热的
adv.tropically 关于热带方面
n.tropics 热带地区
noun
either of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude at a distance of about 23¹/₂ degrees north or south of the equator where the sun is directly overhead when it reaches its most northerly or southerly point in the sky compare tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn
tropics or Tropics plural the region lying between the tropics
adjective (1)
of, relating to, or occurring in the tropics
adjective (2)
of, relating to, or characteristic of tropism or of a tropism
of a hormone influencing the activity of a specified gland
adjective combining form
turning, changing, or tending to turn or change in a (specified) manner or in response to a (specified) stimulus
geotropic
attracted to or acting upon (something specified)
neurotropic
tropic of cancer北回归线
tropic of capricorn[天]南回归线
14世纪晚期,“天球上描述黄道最北端和最南端的两个圆圈之一”,源自晚期拉丁语 tropicus “与冬至有关的”(作为名词,“热带之一”),源自拉丁语 tropicus “与转弯有关的”,源自希腊语 tropikos “与转弯或变化有关的; 与冬至有关的”(作为名词,“冬至”,缩写为 tropikos kyklos),源自 trope “转弯”(来自 PIE 词根 *trep- “转弯”)。
概念是太阳在天空中达到最北或最南点后“返回”的点。1520年代扩展到地球表面相应的纬度(北纬23度28分和南纬23度28分); 意思是“癌症和摩羯座热带之间的地区”始于1837年。
Noun Middle English tropik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French tropike, tropique, borrowed from Late Latin tropicus (short for tropicus circulus), noun derivative of Latin tropicus "of a solstice or equinox," borrowed from Greek tropikós, from tropḗ "turn, change, solstitial point" (noun derivative from the base of trépein "to turn") + -ikos -ic >entry 1 — more at trope Adjective (1) borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French tropike, tropique "of the sun's change of direction at the solstice, of either of the two tropics," borrowed from Latin tropicus "of a solstice or equinox" — more at tropic >entry 1 Adjective (2) generalization of -tropic, after German tropisch Adjective combining form French -tropique, from Greek -tropos -tropous
The first known use of tropic was in the 15th century
tropismnoun
an automatic movement by an organism unable to move about from place to place and especially by a plant that involves a turning or growing toward or away from a stimulus (as light or moisture)also: a reflex reaction involving such a movement compare taxis
tropic1 of 3noun
either of the two parallels of the earth's latitude that are approximately 23½ degrees north of the equator and approximately 23½ degrees south of the equator
plural often capitalized the region lying between the two tropics
tropic2 of 3adjective
tropical
tropic3 of 3adjective
of, relating to, or being a tropism
a tropic movement of a plant
tropicaladjective
of, relating to, occurring in, or used in the tropics
tropicaladjective
of, relating to, occurring in, or used in the tropics
tropic1 of 3noun
either of the two parallels of the earth's latitude that are approximately 23½ degrees north of the equator and approximately 23½ degrees south of the equator
plural often capitalized the region lying between the two tropics
tropic2 of 3adjective
tropical
tropic3 of 3adjective
of, relating to, or being a tropism
a tropic movement of a plant
tropicadjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of tropism or of a tropism
of a hormone influencing the activity of a specified gland
1 The trees and the tropic grass were burned and sad from the ferocious northern freeze.
2 Night falls quickly here in the tropics, and the sounds of cicadas starting up and a member of the housekeeping staff singing on her rounds mean a sense of peace descends rapidly too.
3 His hometown is located in the north to the tropic of cancer.
他的家乡在北回归线的北面。
4 From her mother she inherited warmth of nature and dusky, semi - tropic beauty.
她从母亲那儿秉承了热情的性格和亚热带的那种皮肤微黑的美。
5 The test will show how these products stand up to the high temperatures of the tropics.
这个试验将显示这些产品如何承受热带的高温.
6 The difference today is that tourism presents a solution for those who no longer wish to live by catching fish or harvesting rice in the humid tropics.
7 It lies in the southeast of Asia and sits astride the Tropic of Cancer.
它位于东南亚和位于北回归线上坐骑.
8 The water’s cool was a relief from the tropic heat, but Nailer was tiring from wading.
9 The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.
10 Then, so suddenly that it seemed to come between one watch and the next, the steamy heat of the tropics descended.
11 They were predestined to emigrate to the tropics, to be miners and acetate silk spinners and steel workers.
12 As a plant scientist, I was curious to know how these spices, grown in the tropics, became so closely associated with the Northern Hemisphere's winter holidays.
13 There is no true twilight in the tropics.
14 For now, the city retains the form it has held for so long, “frozen in the tropics” and time.
15 He sweated away two pounds in the tropics.
他在热带地方因出汗过多而减轻了两镑体重.
16 There's terror in the tropics in the TV movie "Presumed Dead in Paradise."
17 I thought of islands, the tropics, dolphins, scary waves and the possibilities of drowning.
18 Her white skirts swirled around her, bright in the tropic sun.
19 On June 21, the sun sits above the Tropic of Cancer, spreading more sunlight in the north and turning the tables on the south.
夏至,太阳位于北回归线的正上方,北半球扭亏为盈获得更多的阳光。
20 For the first time in history, a taste native to the tropics was exactly matched by a plant grown in a colder area.
1 热带地区
2 至点
4 热带的
5 回归线