1580s, "trade wind of the Indian Ocean," from Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monçao, from Arabic mawsim "time of year, appropriate season" (for a voyage, pilgrimage, etc.), from wasama "he marked." When it blows from the southwest (April through October) it brings heavy rain, hence "heavy episode of rainfall during the rainy season" (1747).
实用例句
1. The monsoon rains started early this year.
今年雨季降雨开始得早.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The south - west monsoon sets in during April.
西南季风4月份到来.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Travelling is much more difficult during the monsoon.
在雨季出行要难得多.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The monsoon has now covered almost all of the agriculturally important north-west of India.
雨季现在几乎已经覆盖了印度西北部所有重要的农业区。来自柯林斯例句
5. The facts of monsoon climate have been presented in a number of texts and atlases.
