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词汇 tramontane
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Definition of tramontane in English:

tramontane

adjective trəˈmɒnteɪntrəˈmɑnteɪn
rare
  • 1Relating to or living on the other side of mountains, especially the Alps as seen from Italy.

    1. 1.1archaic Foreign; barbarous.
noun trəˈmɒnteɪntrəˈmɑnteɪn
  • 1

    another term for tramontana
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wind is common throughout the growing season, with the tramontane bringing cool air from the mountains.
    • The weather is fine over the entire Mediterranean coast, but the tramontane is blowing over the coast of Languedoc.
    • In France, 2,741 acres of woodland near Perpignan were reduced to ashes in a blaze fanned by a tramontane wind gusting up to 80 mph.
  • 2archaic A person who lives on the other side of mountains (used especially by Italians to refer to people beyond the Alps).

    〈古〉住在山那边的人(尤被意大利人用来指住在阿尔卑斯山外的人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the tramontanes infiltrate the Appalachians, they often remark of the beauty of the far ranges and mists.

Origin

Middle English (as a noun denoting the Pole Star): from Italian tramontana 'Pole Star, north wind', tramontani 'people living beyond the Alps', from Latin transmontanus 'beyond the mountains', from trans- 'across' + mons, mont- 'mountain'.

Definition of tramontane in US English:

tramontane

adjectivetrəˈmɑnteɪntrəˈmäntān
rare
  • 1Traveling to, situated on, or living on the other side of mountains.

    〈罕〉去(在,住在)山那边的

    1. 1.1archaic (especially from the Italian point of view) foreign; barbarous.
      〈古〉(尤指意大利人所认为的)外国的;野蛮的
nountrəˈmɑnteɪntrəˈmäntān
  • 1

    another term for tramontana
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In France, 2,741 acres of woodland near Perpignan were reduced to ashes in a blaze fanned by a tramontane wind gusting up to 80 mph.
    • The weather is fine over the entire Mediterranean coast, but the tramontane is blowing over the coast of Languedoc.
    • Wind is common throughout the growing season, with the tramontane bringing cool air from the mountains.
  • 2archaic A person who lives on the other side of mountains (used especially by Italians to refer to people beyond the Alps).

    〈古〉住在山那边的人(尤被意大利人用来指住在阿尔卑斯山外的人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the tramontanes infiltrate the Appalachians, they often remark of the beauty of the far ranges and mists.

Origin

Middle English (as a noun denoting the Pole Star): from Italian tramontana ‘Pole Star, north wind’, tramontani ‘people living beyond the Alps’, from Latin transmontanus ‘beyond the mountains’, from trans- ‘across’ + mons, mont- ‘mountain’.

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