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A sirocco is a hot wind that starts over the of North Africa and blows north across the sea to southern Europe — Italy, Spain, Malta, and nearby coasts. It can feel dry and dusty, or sticky if it picks up water over the Mediterranean. People who live there know the days it comes: the air turns dull, dust settles on everything, and the heat sits on you. It is a weather-and-place word, a little special. You meet it in travel writing and in talk about the Mediterranean more than in everyday English in Taiwan. You may also see the Italian spelling scirocco, including on a car name; that is the same wind-word borrowed again, not a new idea.
西洛可風（從北非吹向南歐的熱風）
組成Borrowed from Italian scirocco, a name for the south-east wind.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sirocconoun/sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/
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A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
- But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.
- Diese Toleranz und largeur des Herzens, die Alles „verzeiht“, weil sie Alles „begreift“, ist Scirocco für uns.
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A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
- In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。