Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
monsoon \mon*soon"\ (m[o^]n*s[=oo]n"), n. [Malay m[=u]sim, fr.
Ar. mausim a time, season: cf. F. monson, mousson, Sr.
monzon, Pg. mon[,c][~a]o, It. monsone.]
A wind blowing part of the year from one direction,
alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a
term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian
Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of
May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from
about the middle of October to the middle of December.
[1913 Webster]
2. A heavy rainfall in India associated with the southwest
monsoon[1].
[PJC]
3. The season in which the monsoon[2] occurs.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monsoon
n 1: a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest
(bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
2: rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon
blows, bringing heavy rains
3: any wind that changes direction with the seasons
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
