• n. 熱帶；回歸線
• adj. 熱帶的

來自拉丁語 tropicus,夏至的，回歸線的，來自希臘語 tropikos kyklos,旋轉圈，回歸線圈，來 自 trope,轉向，旋轉，詞源同 turn,trope,kyklos,圈，詞源同 cycle.引申詞義熱帶，熱帶地區， 即太陽的直射點最遠可以到達的區域。

tropic

tropic: [14] The etymological notion underlying the word tropic is of ‘turning’, and the reason for its application to the hot regions of the world is that the two lines of latitude which bound them (the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn) mark the points at which the sun reaches its zenith at the solstices and then ‘turns’ back. The word comes via Latin tropicus from Greek tropikós, a derivative of tropé ‘turning’ (source also of English trophy and related to the second syllable of contrive).
=> contrive, trophy, troubadour

tropic (n.)

late 14c., "either of the two circles in the celestial sphere which describe the northernmost and southernmost points of the ecliptic," from Late Latin tropicus "of or pertaining to the solstice" (as a noun, "one of the tropics"), from Latin tropicus "pertaining to a turn," from Greek tropikos "of or pertaining to a turn or change; of or pertaining to the solstice" (as a noun, "the solstice," short for tropikos kyklos), from trope "a turning" (see trope).

The notion is of the point at which the sun "turns back" after reaching its northernmost or southernmost point in the sky. Extended 1520s to the corresponding latitudes on the earth's surface (23 degrees 28 minutes north and south); meaning "region between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn" is from 1837.

1. From her mother she inherited warmth of nature and dusky, semi - tropic beauty.

她從母親那兒秉承了熱情的性格和亞熱帶的那種皮膚微黑的美.

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2. Face west, all you plump old men, and ponder your tropic fates.

退休老人們啊, 面向西方, 為你們那莫測的禍福祈禱吧.

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3. She sorted out her things for tropic travel.

她整理熱帶旅行的東西.

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4. The Tropic of Cancer is the most northerly latitude in the Northern Hemisphere.

在北半球,北回歸線的緯度最高.

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5. South bay island Be located in semi - tropical, Tropic of Cancer is traversed.

南澳島地處亞熱帶, 北回歸線橫貫.

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