English-Thai Dictionary

tropic

ADJ ที่ เกี่ยวกับ เขตร้อน ของ โลก  ti-kiao-kab-ked-ron-kong-lok

 

tropic

N เขตร้อน ของ โลก  ked-ron-kong-lok

 

tropic of Cancer

N เส้นรุ้ง ที่อยู่ ห่าง เส้นศูนย์สูตร ไป ทางเหนือ  sen-rung-ti-yu-hang-sen-suan-sud-pai-tang-nuan

 

tropic of Capricorn

N เส้นรุ้ง ที่อยู่ ห่าง เส้นศูนย์สูตร ไป ทางใต้  sen-rung-ti-yu-hang-sen-suan-sud-pai-tang-nuan

 

tropical

ADJ ร้อน ชื้น  ron-chuan

 

tropical

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ เขตร้อน  kiao-kab-ked-ron

 

tropical cyclone

N พายุ ใน เขตร้อน  pa-yu-ked-ron

 

tropical plant

N พืชเมืองร้อน  phud-muang-ron

 

tropical year

N ปี ทาง สุริยคติ  equinoctial year solar year pe-tang-su-ri-ya-kad

 

tropicalize

VT ปรับ ให้ เหมาะกับ เขตร้อน  prab-hai-mor-kab-ked-ron

 

tropically

ADV ใน เขตร้อน  nai-ked-ron

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TROPIC

n.[L. tropicus; from Gr. a turning; to turn. ] 1. In astronomy, a circle of the sphere drawn through a solstitial point, parallel to the equator; or the line which bounds the sun's declination from the equator, north or south. This declination is twenty-three degrees and a half nearly. There are two tropics; the tropic of Cancer, on the north of the equator, and the tropic of Capricorn on the south.
2. Tropics, in geography, are two lesser circles of the globe, drawn parallel to the equator through the beginning of Cancer and of Capricorn.

 

TROPICAL

a.Pertaining to the tropics; being within the tropics; as tropical climates; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical winds. 1. Incident to the tropics; as tropical diseases.
2. [from trope. ] Figurative; rhetorically changed from its proper or original sense.
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.
Tropical writing or hieroglyphic, is such as represents a thing by qualities which resemble it.

 

TROPICALLY

adv. In a tropical or figurative manner.

 

TROPIC-BIRD

n.An aquatic fowl of the genus Phaeton, with a long slender tail and remarkable powers of flight.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TROPIC

Trop "ic, a. Etym: [Atropine + -ic. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

 

TROPIC

Trop "ic, n. Etym: [F. tropique, L.tropicus of or belonging to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. Trope. ]

 

1. (Astron.)

 

Defn: One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23º 28min, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.

 

2. (Geog.) (a ) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names. (b ) pl.

 

Defn: The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side. The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon. Bancroft.

 

TROPIC

TROPIC Trop "ic, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. Tropic bird (Zoöl.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus Phaëthon, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. Phaëthon flavirostris (called also boatswain ), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.

 

TROPICAL

Trop "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. L. tropicus of turning, Gr. Tropic, n.]

 

1. Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.

 

2. Etym: [From Trope. ]

 

Defn: Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. Jer. Taylor. 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. South. Tropic month. See Lunar month, under Month. -- Tropic year, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again, having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46. seconds, which is 2 minutes, 23.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes.

 

TROPICALLY

TROPICALLY Trop "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tropic

trop ic 1 |ˈträpik ˈtrɑpɪk | ▶noun the parallel of latitude 23 °26ʹ north ( tropic of Cancer ) or south ( tropic of Capricorn ) of the equator. • Astronomy each of two corresponding circles on the celestial sphere where the sun appears to turn after reaching its greatest declination, marking the northern and southern limits of the ecliptic. • (the tropics ) the region between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. ▶adjective another term for tropical ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the point on the ecliptic reached by the sun at the solstice ): via Latin from Greek tropikos, from tropē ‘turning, ’ from trepein ‘to turn. ’

 

tropic

trop ic 2 |ˈtrɑpɪk ˈträpik | ▶adjective 1 Biology relating to, consisting of, or exhibiting tropism. 2 Physiology variant spelling of trophic.

 

tropical

trop i cal |ˈträpəkəl ˈtrɑpəkəl | ▶adjective 1 of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics: tropical countries | a tropical rain forest. • resembling the tropics, esp. in being very hot and humid: some plants thrived in last year's tropical summer heat. 2 archaic of or involving a trope; figurative. DERIVATIVES trop i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb

 

tropical sprue

trop i cal sprue ▶noun see sprue 2.

 

tropical storm

trop i cal storm (also tropical cyclone ) ▶noun a localized, very intense low-pressure wind system, forming over tropical oceans and with winds of hurricane force.

 

tropical year

trop i cal year ▶noun see year ( sense 1 ).

 

tropicbird

trop ic bird |ˈträpikˌbərd ˈtrɑpɪkbərd | ▶noun a tropical seabird with mainly white plumage and very long central tail feathers. [Family Phaethontidae and genus Phaethon: three species. ]

 

tropic of Cancer

trop ic of Can cer ▶noun see tropic 1.

 

tropic of Capricorn

trop ic of Cap ri corn ▶noun see tropic 1.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tropic

tropic 1 |ˈtrɒpɪk | ▶noun the parallel of latitude 23 °26ʹ north ( tropic of Cancer ) or south ( tropic of Capricorn ) of the equator. • Astronomy each of two corresponding circles on the celestial sphere where the sun appears to turn after reaching its greatest declination, marking the northern and southern limits of the ecliptic. • (the tropics ) the region between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. ▶adjective another term for tropical ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the point on the ecliptic reached by the sun at the solstice ): via Latin from Greek tropikos, from tropē ‘turning ’, from trepein ‘to turn ’.

 

tropic

tropic 2 |ˈtrəʊpɪk | ▶adjective 1 Biology relating to, consisting of, or exhibiting tropism. 2 Physiology variant spelling of trophic.

 

tropical

trop |ic ¦al |ˈtrɒpɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics: tropical countries | a tropical rainforest. • very hot and humid: some plants thrived in last year's tropical summer heat. 2 archaic of or involving a trope; figurative. DERIVATIVES tropically adverb

 

tropical sprue

trop |ic ¦al sprue ▶noun see sprue 2.

 

tropical storm

tropical storm (also tropical cyclone ) ▶noun a localized, very intense low-pressure wind system, forming over tropical oceans and with winds of hurricane force.

 

tropical year

trop |ic ¦al year ▶noun see year ( sense 1 ).

 

tropicbird

tropic |bird ▶noun a tropical seabird with mainly white plumage and very long central tail feathers. ●Family Phaethontidae and genus Phaethon: three species.

 

tropic of Cancer

trop ¦ic of Can ¦cer ▶noun see tropic 1.

 

tropic of Capricorn

trop ¦ic of Cap ¦ri |corn ▶noun see tropic 1.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tropical

tropical adjective tropical weather: very hot, sweltering, boiling, scorching, humid, sultry, steamy, sticky, oppressive, stifling, suffocating, heavy, equatorial. ANTONYMS cold, arctic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tropical

tropical adjective the tropical weather was debilitating: very hot, sweltering, baking hot, torrid; humid, sultry, steamy, sticky, oppressive, stifling, suffocating, heavy; informal boiling. ANTONYMS cold, arctic.

 

Duden Dictionary

Tropical

Tro pi cal Substantiv, maskulin , der |Tr o pical …ikl̩ |der Tropical; Genitiv: des Tropicals, Plural: die Tropicals englisch tropical, eigentlich = tropisch leichtes, poröses Kammgarngewebe in Leinwandbindung für leichte Sommeranzüge und Damenkleidung

 

French Dictionary

tropical

tropical , ale , aux adj. adjectif 1 Propre aux tropiques. : Des climats tropicaux. 2 figuré Torride. : Une chaleur tropicale.

 

Spanish Dictionary

tropical

tropical adjetivo De los trópicos o que tiene relación con esta región de la Tierra :clima tropical; frutas tropicales . VÉASE zona tropical .

 

trópico

trópico nombre masculino 1 Círculo imaginario trazado en la esfera terrestre y que es paralelo al Ecuador :hay dos trópicos, el trópico de Cáncer y el trópico de Capricornio .SINÓNIMO paralelo .trópico de Cáncer Trópico del hemisferio norte de la Tierra, a 23 ° 27 ’ del Ecuador, sobre el que inciden verticalmente los rayos solares en el solsticio de verano :el trópico de Cáncer atraviesa México .trópico de Capricornio Trópico del hemisferio sur de la Tierra, a 23 ° 27 ’ del Ecuador, sobre el que inciden verticalmente los rayos solares en el solsticio de invierno :el trópico de Capricornio pasa por el sur de Brasil .2 Región comprendida entre estos dos círculos o paralelos :la cuenca del Amazonas está en el trópico .3 adjetivo lit Que se expresa mediante tropos .SINÓNIMO figurado, tropológico .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tropic

trop ic /trɑ́pɪk |trɔ́p -/名詞 C 1 〖しばしばT -〗〘天 〙回帰線 (→zone )▸ the Tropic of Cancer 北回帰線, 夏至線 〘北緯23 °27 ′〙▸ the Tropic of Capricorn 南回帰線, 冬至線 〘南緯23 °27 ′〙.2 〖the ～s 〗熱帯, 熱帯地方 〘南北回帰線間の地域 〙.形容詞 ＝tropical .～̀ b í rd 〘鳥 〙ネッタイチョウ .

 

tropical

trop i cal /trɑ́pɪk (ə )l |trɔ́p -/形容詞 more ～; most ～/1 , 3 , 4 は比較なし 1 〖名詞 の前で 〗熱帯の , 熱帯性の, 熱帯地方 (特有 )の ▸ tropical medicine [plants ]熱帯医学 [植物 ].2 〈気候が 〉熱帯のような, とても蒸し暑い ▸ The heat was perfectly tropical .その暑さはまったく熱帯的だった .3 情熱的な .4 比喩の, 比喩的な .～̀ (r á in ) f ó rest 熱帯 (雨 )林 .～̀ y é ar 太陽年, 回帰年 (solar year ) 〘365日5時間48分46秒 〙.～ly 副詞 熱帯性で, 熱帯的に, 熱帯の特徴を表して .