tropic
Word family adverbtropicallynountropictropicbird
trop·ic /ˈtrɒpɪk $ ˈtrɑː-/ noun 2 the tropics PGthe hottest part of the world, which is around the equator 热带(地区) plant species found in the tropics 见于热带地区的植物物种
Origin tropic (1500-1600) Latin tropicus “of the point where the sun turns back having gone its furthest north and south”, from
Greek, from
trope;
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