tropic
tropic 英 ['trɒpɪk] 美 ['trɑpɪk]
n. 热带；回归线
名词复数:tropics
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- n. 热带；回归线
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1. The tropic sun glared down on us.
热带的太阳灼晒着我们。
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2. We must protect tropic forests.
我们必须保护热带雨林。
- tropic (n.) late 14c., "either of the two circles in the celestial sphere which describe the northernmost and southernmost points of the ecliptic," from Late Latin tropicus "of or pertaining to the solstice" (as a noun, "one of the tropics"), from Latin tropicus "pertaining to a turn," from Greek tropikos "of or pertaining to a turn or change; of or pertaining to the solstice" (as a noun, "the solstice," short for tropikos kyklos), from trope "a turning" (from PIE root *trep- "to turn").
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