1. 季节风：此前他们从阿拉伯水手那里学去的三角帆虽然比较容易操纵,但仍然是横向安置的,只能利用顺风,在刮定向季节风(monsoon)的印度洋北部好用,在风向不定的地中海和其他欧洲海域就不大适用.

2. 雨季：气候:大致可分乾湿两季,雨季(Monsoon)约从5、6月开始,8、9月结束. 尼泊尔(Birganj)海关人员会强行勒索,不付费就不盖章让你入/离境,费用是固定100尼帑/人,如付印卢比亦可,他们会自行换算汇率再找尼帑零钱. (2009.9.1)

1. (南亚地区的)季风季节，雨季
    The monsoon is the season in Southern Asia when there is a lot of very heavy rain.

monsoon的翻译

    e.g. ...the end of the monsoon.
           雨季的尾声
    e.g. ...monsoon flooding.
           雨季的洪水泛滥

2. (雨季的)季风雨，降雨
    Monsoon rains are sometimes referred to as the monsoons .

    e.g. In Ban-gladesh, the monsoons have started.
           在孟加拉，雨季已经开始了。

1. a seasonal wind in southern Asia
    blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

2. any wind that changes direction with the seasons

3. rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains