1580s, "trade wind of the Indian Ocean," from Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese mon?ao, 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).
雙語例句
1. The monsoon rains started early this year.
今年雨季降雨開始得早.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The south - west monsoon sets in during April.
西南季風(fēng)4月份到來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Travelling is much more difficult during the monsoon.
在雨季出行要難得多.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The monsoon has now covered almost all of the agriculturally important north-west of India.