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mon·soon
/mɑnˈsun, ˈmɑnˌ/
季節風,吹季節風的季節,雨季
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
mon·soon
n.
A
wind
blowing
part
of
the
year
from
one
direction
,
alternating
with
a
wind
from
the
opposite
direction
; --
a
term
applied
particularly
to
periodical
winds
of
the
Indian
Ocean
,
which
blow
from
the
southwest
from
the
latter
part
of
May
to
the
middle
of
September
,
and
from
the
northeast
from
about
the
middle
of
October
to
the
middle
of
December
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
monsoon
n
1:
a
seasonal
wind
in
southern
Asia
;
blows
from
the
southwest
(
bringing
rain
)
in
summer
and
from
the
northeast
in
winter
2:
rainy
season
in
southern
Asia
when
the
southwestern
monsoon
blows
,
bringing
heavy
rains
3:
any
wind
that
changes
direction
with
the
seasons
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