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#每日一字:一年一度,野火燒不盡


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近日美國各地創下高溫紀錄,許多城市都受到這波熱浪 (heatwave) 的影響,在加州北部也出現了難以撲滅的野火,損面積達到142,477英畝,比起2021年足足高了4倍 (38,889英畝),專家警告這與氣候變遷(climate change) 密不可分,未來極端天氣現象只會越來越強烈,今年極端天氣現象已經造成全美80億美金的損失,從二月德州破紀錄低溫,到最近侵襲美國西北方的熱浪,目前已超過200人死亡。



☑️ wildfire (n.) 野火

📖 a sweeping and destructive conflagration especially in a wilderness or a rural area

📖 a fire in a wild area (such as a forest) that is not controlled and that can burn a large area very quickly


#️⃣ 單字來源與延伸:

wildfire,由wild (當作形容詞代表野生的,荒涼的),以及fire (代表火),兩者結合而來,英文中常常用wildfire來形容快速且一發不可收拾的局面,像是 spread like wildfire 就是指消息像野火般迅速傳開。


🎙 延伸學習,與氣候變遷有關的詞彙:

📝乾旱 drought

📝洪水,水災 flood

📝颶風 hurricane

📝颱風 typhoon

📝暴風雪 blizzard/ snowstorm

📝沙塵暴 dust storm/ sand storm


💬本集的必備例句

Climate change is also increasing the risk of larger, more intense wildfires, as warmer and drier conditions allow fire to spread faster and farther.

– NBC, 13 July, 2021 (氣候變遷也增加了更大、更猛烈的野火的風險,因為更溫暖、更乾燥的天氣條件使火勢蔓延得更快、更遠。)


📈多讀一點點:

  1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/west-catches-fire-while-east-goes-under-water-climate-change-n1273815

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