亚洲网紅露点

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roaring forties

plural noun

  1. either of two areas in the ocean between 40掳 and 50掳 N or S latitude, noted for high winds and rough seas.


Roaring Forties

plural noun

  1. the Roaring Forties
    nautical the areas of ocean between 40掳 and 50掳 latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of roaring forties1

First recorded in 1875鈥80
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The roaring forties describes the area between the latitudes 40 and 50 south of the equator - notorious for strong winds.

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She adds: "We are on the edge of the roaring forties, we are just a small rock in the middle of the south Atlantic, so we do have some pretty extreme weather."

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The southern latitudes鈥攆rom forty degrees south latitude to the Antarctic Circle at sixty-seven degrees south latitude鈥攍ong ago earned their nicknames from the sailors who dared approach the continent: the Roaring Forties, the Furious Fifties, and the Screaming Sixties.

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鈥淪eventy-two hours through the Roaring Forties. Seventy-two hours by dead reckoning, and then you enter Salem Harbor. Why, you...begging your pardon, ma鈥檃m, for what I鈥檓 thinking.鈥

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A month later they had weathered the Roaring Forties o拢 the North Atlantic.

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