(noun.) either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics.

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• From tropic to the bleakest north, the cocks crow before the advancing margin of dawn. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• Jealousy hot as the sun above the line, rage destructive as the tropic storm, the clime of your sensations ignores--as yet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• One cannot resist speculation as to what might have happened to Edison himself and to the development of electricity had he made this proposed plunge into the enervating tropics. 弗蘭克·劉易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
• Hence, the quickest way was to search the tropics until the proper material was found. 弗蘭克·劉易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
• I have also had a piece stewed, which you will be able to taste; this has of course passed the tropics. 威廉K.戴維. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
• Later he learned to spin and weave; next to food and drink, clothing became a fundamental necessity, for without it his life could not extend outside of the limited zone of the tropics. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
• Child of the sun, and nursling of the tropics, it would expire in these climes. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• The air rarefied between the tropics, and rising, must flow in the higher region north and south. 本杰明·富蘭克林. 富蘭克林自傳.
• The addition of over seven hundred to this list crowded the steamer most uncomfortably, especially for the tropics in July. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
• This was in marked contrast to the fauna and flora of th e South American tropics. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
• The air under the equator and between the tropics being constantly heated and rarefied by the sun, rises. 本杰明·富蘭克林. 富蘭克林自傳.
• Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• It is easy to send cream in good condition to the tropics. 威廉K.戴維. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.

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