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Meanings of trade winds in inglês

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Permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region.

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        Examples for "trade wind"
        Examples for "trade wind"
        1
        We have been steaming steadily in the teeth of the trade wind.
        Letters to His Children
        2
        There was quite a sea running, though the trade wind was blowing light.
        Island Tales / On the Makaloa Mat
        3
        Overhead sang the steady trade wind, tempering the golden sunshine's heat.
        Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
        4
        War Horse should sweep by on the Spielberg trade wind.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Fair weather with some showers, and a strong trade wind at E S E.
        A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; A...
        Usage of trade winds in inglês
        1
        In typical idiosyncratic fashion, O'Brien sailed east to west against the trade winds.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The haze is being carried along by the east-northeast trade winds.
        Radio NZ
        3
        They had been in what are known as the trade winds.
        The Life of Columbus / From His Own Letters and Journals and Oth...
        4
        He notices that the waters are swept westward as the trade winds are.
        The Life of Columbus / From His Own Letters and Journals and Oth...
        5
        The weather was beautiful, and we had got well into the trade winds.
        Rattlin the Reefer
        6
        On that day we struck the trade winds, and bore S.S.E.
        Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the y...
        7
        By the 16th they had come within the influence of the trade winds.
        A Book of Discovery / The History of the World's Exploration, Fr...
        8
        Calms must be avoided and the trade winds caught, in order to facilitate navigation.
        The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 / 1521-1569 ...
        9
        But trying to the nerves when what we inaccurately call the trade winds begin.
        The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
        10
        There was little cloud-a few bands scattered along the line of the trade winds.
        Childhood's End
        11
        It was after reaching the north-east trade winds that the latter's elementary education began.
        The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century
        12
        The waves were running before the dry northwest trade winds with crystalline but colorless brilliancy.
        Sally Dows
        13
        They appear to be modifications of the trade winds.
        The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
        14
        The tranced ship indolently rolls; the drowsy trade winds blow; everything resolves you into languor.
        Moby Dick
        15
        The trade winds at this point usually weaken or even reverse entirely, moving warm water eastward.
        Wired
        16
        We were ordered to South America; and the trade winds took us there in a jiffy.
        Peter Simple