ldquo;An Indian summerrdquo; is when it is hot and sunny later in the year than usual.ldquo;印度夏天rdquo;指的是岁末时,比常年热、阳光照射比较强烈的气候。
ldquo;Brass monkey weatherrdquo; means it is very very cold.ldquo;铜猴式的天气rdquo;说的是非常冷的天气。
This comes from the brass canon balls used on ships long ago.这一说法来自很久以前船上的用语。
If it was very cold, they would freeze.当天气寒冷时他们会冻僵。
So we say ldquo;cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkeyrdquo;.于是我们说:ldquo;冷得要把铜猴上的球冻坏了。rdquo;
Rain can be described as spitting, spots of rain, drizzle, light rain, showers, intermittent rain, pouring down, heavy rain or torrential, very heavy rain.雨可被描写成ldquo;滴哒小雨rdquo;、ldquo;濛濛小雨rdquo;、ldquo;毛毛细雨rdquo;、ldquo;哗哗大雨rdquo;或ldquo;倾盆暴雨rdquo;。
Wind can be described as light, blustery or gale force.风可以用ldquo;轻拂rdquo;、ldquo;呼啸rdquo;、ldquo;微风rdquo;来描述。
Typhoons are not common in Europe, so the word maybe comes from Asia.台风在欧洲不常见,所以这个词有可能来自亚洲。
Hurricanes are like typhoons.ldquo;飓风rdquo;与ldquo;台风rdquo;类似。
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