climate
['klaɪmɪt]
n. 气候, 趋势, 气候

[医] 气候

1. Britain has a temperate climate.
   英气候温。
2. North America has the world's best climate for wild grapes.
   美气候界适合野葡萄。
3. The climate in this city is unwholesome.
   市气候健康。

climate
[ noun ]

1. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

<noun.state>
the dank climate of southern Wales
plants from a cold clime travel best in winter

2. the prevailing psychological state

<noun.state>
the climate of opinion
the national mood had changed radically since the last election

Climate \Cli"mate\, v. i.
To dwell. [Poetic] --Shak.


Climate \Cli"mate\, n. [F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. ?,
?, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator
toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. ?
to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See {Lean}, v. i.,
and cf. {Clime}.]
1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to
the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the
equator to the pole was divided, according to the
successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena
of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc.,
especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.