Cách phát âm (2)
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/sɪˈmuːm/
Ghi chú phát âm
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sɪˈmuːm
Danh từ
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
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Thêm ví dụ (2)
Indeed, every appearance warranted me in apprehending a Simoon [sic]. I told the captain my fears; but he paid no attention to what I said, and left me without deigning to give a reply.
The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar.
Danh từ
a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
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