clime的词源

英文词源

clime (n.)

1540s, shortening of climate (or a nativization of Latin clima). It might usefully take up the old, abandoned "horizontal region of the earth" sense of climate, but it is used chiefly by the poets and with no evident agreement on just what they mean by it.

中文词源

clime：气候带

来自PIE*klei,倾斜，词源同lean,incline.原指从赤道到两极的区域，地域，气候带。

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