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roaring forties
plural noun
- 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
- the Roaring Fortiesnautical the areas of ocean between 40掳 and 50掳 latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of roaring forties1
Example Sentences
The roaring forties describes the area between the latitudes 40 and 50 south of the equator - notorious for strong winds.
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."
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.
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
A month later they had weathered the Roaring Forties o拢 the North Atlantic.
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