day 61weather and sky

weather and sky

Talk about weather and sky like a forecaster and a poet (air pressure, frost, dew, sunset glow, fog that shrouds a village) and speak frankly with 说真的.

today’s words

• 气象 qìxiàng · weather, meteorology
• 气压 qìyā · air pressure
• 气流 qìliú · air current, turbulence
• 大气 dàqì · the atmosphere; grand
• 风暴 fēngbào · storm
• 风浪 fēnglàng · wind and waves, rough seas
• 风沙 fēngshā · wind-blown sand, sandstorm
• 冰雹 bīngbáo · hail, hailstone
• 霜 shuāng · frost
• 瑞雪 ruìxuě · timely snow
• 露 lù · dew
• 乌云 wūyún · dark clouds
• 烈日 lièrì · scorching sun
• 旭日 xùrì · the rising sun
• 夕阳 xīyáng · the setting sun
• 晚霞 wǎnxiá · sunset glow
• 明媚 míngmèi · bright and beautiful (sunshine)
• 凉爽 liángshuǎng · pleasantly cool
• 闷热 mēnrè · hot and stuffy, muggy
• 湿润 shīrùn · moist, humid
• 温差 wēnchā · temperature difference
• 寒带 hándài · frigid zone
• 温带 wēndài · temperate zone
• 热带 rèdài · the tropics, tropical
• 盛夏 shèngxià · midsummer
• 时节 shíjié · season, time of year
• 水汽 shuǐqì · water vapour, moisture
• 弥漫 mímàn · to fill the air, spread everywhere
• 笼罩 lǒngzhào · to envelop, shroud
• 密布 mìbù · to cover densely
• 呼啸 hūxiào · to howl, whistle (wind)
• 天地 tiāndì · heaven and earth, world

sentences

• 天上乌云密布，快要下雨了。 · The sky is thick with dark clouds: it’s about to rain.
• 秋天的北京天气凉爽，阳光明媚。 · In autumn Beijing is cool and gloriously sunny.
• 这里早晚温差很大。 · Here the temperature changes a lot between morning and evening.
• 盛夏的烈日下，没人愿意出门。 · Under the scorching midsummer sun, nobody wants to go out.
• 夕阳下，天边的晚霞特别美。 · With the sun going down, the sunset glow on the horizon is beautiful.