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Picture the belt of the world either side of the : hot all year, heavy rain, thick green growth. The word points at that band — and once you know what it feels like there, English lets you use it for any day that feels the same.

可以想成：赤道兩側那一圈地帶——整年都熱、雨下得又大又急、植物長得又濃又密。這個字先指那一圈地方；而一旦知道那裡是什…更多收起可以想成：赤道兩側那一圈地帶——整年都熱、雨下得又大又急、植物長得又濃又密。這個字先指那一圈地方；而一旦知道那裡是什麼感覺，英文就讓你用同一個字去形容任何一天有那種感覺的天氣。

From the picture

像熱帶那樣的天氣

不再是講地點，而是講感覺：某天又熱又濕，悶得像身在熱帶，就可以這樣形容。

hot and humid · adjective · B2

weather that is very hot and wet, like the weather in the hottest parts of the world.

（天氣）炎熱潮濕的

Also in this word

from the tropics · adjective · B2

coming from or living in the hottest parts of the world, near the equator.

熱帶的

原始詞典資料5 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。

tropicaladj/ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.

  • 2

    From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.

    • We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer.
    • My favorite tropical fruits are pineapples and coconuts.
  • 3

    datedPertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.

    • But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence.
    • The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
  • 4

    mathematicssciencesPertaining to tropical geometry.

tropicalnoun/ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    A tropical plant.

    • The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian.

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。