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    sirocco

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Meteorology
    si·roc·co /səˈrɒkəʊ $ -ˈrɑːkoʊ/ noun (plural siroccos) [countable]  HEMa hot wind that blows from the desert of North Africa across to southern Europe 西罗科风〔由北非沙漠吹向南欧的一种热风〕
    Examples from the Corpus
    sirocco• Then I remembered the room of the sirocco in a Sicilian palace made of pink volcanic sugar.    Origin sirocco (1600-1700) Italian scirocco, from Arabic sharq “east”
    si·roc·co nounChineseSyllable
    that a desert of the blows hot Corpus wind from


    sirocco
    si‧roc‧co /səˈrɒkəʊ, sɪˈrɒkəʊ $ -ˈrɑːkoʊ/ noun (plural siroccos) [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Italian
     Origin: scirocco, from Arabic sharq 'east'
    a hot wind that blows from the desert of North Africa across to southern Europe


    si·rocco (also sci·rocco) BrE /sɪˈrɒkəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈrɑːkoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    si·roccos    )     a hot wind that blows from Africa into southern Europe 西洛可风（从非洲吹到欧洲南部的热风）