simoom
[sɪ'mʊm]
- n. [气象] 西蒙风（阿拉伯地方挟带飞沙的热风）
英英释义
- 1. a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
英文词源
- simoom (n.)
- "hot, dry desert wind," 1790, from Arabic samum "a sultry wind," literally "poisonous," from samma "he poisoned," from sam "poison."