katabatic

Describes a wind that flows downhill, typically caused by the cooling of air on a high plateau or mountain slope.

• 🇨🇳形容一种沿斜坡向下吹的风，通常是由于高原或山坡上的空气冷却下沉而形成的。

1. Downward moving air current C2 formal scientific

   Describing a wind or air current that moves downward or down a slope, typically due to cooling, especially at night.

   • Katabatic winds often flow from high mountain peaks into valleys.
   • The cold katabatic breeze chilled the campers at dawn.
   • Meteorologists study katabatic flows to predict local weather patterns.

   🇨🇳下降风

   同义词: downslopedrainagegravity

   反义词: anabatic

• more katabatic comparative form
• most katabatic superlative form