Word · Frequency #19610
clime
气候
the weather in some location averaged over a long period of time; climate
- 1.
A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
气候区；地带
- 2.
Climate.
气候
- 3.
The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
氛围；环境；局势
气候区；地带；氛围；环境；局势；地方；气候区
In use
These delicate flowers only grow in a mild clime.
Every winter, many birds fly south to warmer climes.
He left his native clime to study abroad for four years.
adj + clime(s)
clime常与形容词连用，描述气候或地区特征，多用于文学或正式文体。
They moved to a warmer clime for health reasons.
他们因健康原因搬到了更温暖的气候区。
change of clime
change of clime是固定短语，指换地方或改变生活环境。
After twenty years in the same city, she needed a change of clime.
在同一城市住了二十年后，她需要换个环境。
in + adj + climes
in...climes表示在某种气候地区，clime通常用复数。
Connections
Collocations
- sunny climes
- 阳光充足的地带
- Many retirees move to sunnier climes.许多退休人员搬到阳光更充足的地方。
- warmer climes
- 较温暖的地区
- Birds fly to warmer climes in winter.鸟儿冬天飞往较温暖的地区。
- foreign climes
- 异国他乡；外国的气候带
- He enjoyed traveling to foreign climes.他喜欢去异国他乡旅行。
- tropical climes
- 热带地区
- These plants thrive in tropical climes.这些植物在热带地区生长繁茂。
- northern climes
- 北方地区；北方气候带
- The festival is popular in northern climes.这个节日在北方地区很受欢迎。
- political clime
Learner notes
Memory Tip
clime 形似 climate（气候）少个 ate；联想“一个地方的气候区”，如 colder climes（更冷的地区）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：poetry and literature、formal writing、rhetorical speech clime 是较文雅的正式用词，多用于诗歌、文学作品或修辞性表达中，日常口语很少使用；表达“气候”时通常更常用 climate。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 clime /klaɪm/ 押韵：time、dime、lime、chime、rhyme、climb。注意 climb 中的 b 不发音，但读音与 clime 完全相同；climate /ˈklaɪmət/ 和 climax /ˈklaɪmæks/ 是形近词，发音并不相同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.