English Dictionary

Pineapple Express

固有名詞

くだけた表現

(informal, meteorology) The jetstream and accompanying strong, moist airflow from the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast of North America.

日本語の意味

（非公式・気象学用語）ハワイ近海から北米西海岸へ向かう、強力で湿った空気の流れとそれに伴うジェット気流のこと

Forecasters warned that a Pineapple Express would bring heavy rain and flooding to the California coast this weekend.

気象予報士は、ハワイ付近から北米西海岸へ流れ込む湿った強いジェット気流が今週末カリフォルニア沿岸に大雨と洪水をもたらすと警告した。

意味（1）

(informal, meteorology) The jetstream and accompanying strong, moist airflow from the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast of North America.

A warm, wet rainstorm—the notorious Pineapple Express—hit Western Washington the weekend before Thanksgiving in 1986.