tropical 音标拼音: [tr'ɑpɪkəl]
a . 热带的,热情的
热带的,热情的
tropical adj 1 :
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (
the region on either side of the equator );
"
tropical islands "; "
tropical fruit " [
synonym : {
tropical },
{
tropic }]
2 :
of or relating to the tropics ,
or either tropic ; "
tropical year "
3 :
characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes ;
changed from its literal sense 4 :
of weather or climate ;
hot and humid as in the tropics ;
"
tropical weather " [
synonym : {
tropical }, {
tropic }]
Month \
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akin to m [=
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na moon ,
and to D .
maand month ,
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272 .
See {
Moon }.]
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided ;
the twelfth part of a year ,
corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon , --
whence the name .
In popular use ,
a period of four weeks is often called a month .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In the common law ,
a month is a lunar month ,
or twenty -
eight days ,
unless otherwise expressed .
--
Blackstone .
In the United States the rule of the common law is generally changed ,
and a month is declared to mean a calendar month . --
Cooley '
s Blackstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
A month mind }.
(
a )
A strong or abnormal desire . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
(
b )
A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after death . --
Strype .
{
Calendar months },
the months as adjusted in the common or Gregorian calendar ;
April ,
June ,
September ,
and November ,
containing 30 days ,
and the rest 31 ,
except February ,
which ,
in common years ,
has 28 ,
and in leap years 29 .
{
Lunar month },
the period of one revolution of the moon ,
particularly a synodical revolution ;
but several kinds are distinguished ,
as the {
synodical month },
or period from one new moon to the next ,
in mean length 29 d .
12 h .
44 m .
2 .
87 s .;
the {
nodical month },
or time of revolution from one node to the same again ,
in length 27 d .
5 h .
5 m .
36 s .;
the {
sidereal },
or time of revolution from a star to the same again ,
equal to 27 d .
7 h .
43 m .
11 .
5 s .;
the {
anomalistic },
or time of revolution from perigee to perigee again ,
in length 27 d .
13 h .
18 m .
37 .
4 s .;
and the {
tropical },
or time of passing from any point of the ecliptic to the same again ,
equal to 27 d .
7 h .
43 m .
4 .
7 s .
{
Solar month },
the time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac ,
in mean length 30 d .
10 h .
29 m .
4 .
1 s .
[
1913 Webster ]
Tropical \
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See {
Tropic },
n .]
1 .
Of or pertaining to the tropics ;
characteristic of ,
or incident to ,
the tropics ;
being within the tropics ;
as ,
tropical climate ;
tropical latitudes ;
tropical heat ;
tropical diseases .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . [
From {
Trope }.]
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense ;
being of the nature of a trope ;
figurative ;
metaphorical . --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Tropic month }.
See {
Lunar month },
under {
Month }.
{
Tropic year },
the solar year ;
the period occupied by the sun in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again ,
having a mean length of 365 days ,
5 hours ,
48 minutes ,
46 .
0 seconds ,
which is 20 minutes ,
23 .
3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year ,
on account of the precession of the equinoxes .
[
1913 Webster ]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tropical ":
aestival ,
blood -
hot ,
blood -
warm ,
calid ,
equatorial ,
genial ,
hot ,
luke ,
lukewarm ,
mild ,
room -
temperature ,
subtropical ,
sultry ,
summery ,
sunny ,
sunshiny ,
temperate ,
tepid ,
thermal ,
thermic ,
toasty ,
torrid ,
tropic ,
unfrozen ,
warm ,
warm as toast ,
warmish
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