prevailing wind

常見例句

Waves are generally steered ashore by the prevailing winds, often blowing at oblique (slanted) angles to the shoreline.
波浪通常隨著風涌向海岸，風向常常是與海岸線成傾斜角度。
At certain latitudes of the earth's surface, winds blow steadily from the same direction. These winds are called prevailing winds.
在地表的某些緯度地區(qū)，風固定地從同一個方向吹來。這些風叫做盛行風。
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Located in West Virginia, the cool climate and prevailing winds greatly influenced the “flagged” shape of the red spruce trees found here.
它位于西弗吉尼亞州，這里的涼爽氣候和盛行的風向，極大地影響著所能找到的用紅云杉樹來作為“標記”的形狀。

In the spring and summer,he says, he would expect the prevailing winds in Western Europe to come from the West or Southwest - which would mean that the ash would be pushed towards the Arctic or Siberia.
"Despite the fact that the prevailing diplomatic winds these days blow in the direction of diplomacy alone, I believe with all my heart that diplomacy and sanctions are not mutually exclusive."

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