tropic
/ˈtɹɒpɪk/ sustantivo B2En español: trópico
- Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.
- The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.
Plural tropics
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He has just come from the tropics, for his face is dark, and that is not the natural tint of his skin, for his wrists are fair.
Where in the tropics could an English army doctor have seen much hardship and got his arm wounded?
Violence of temper approaching to mania has been hereditary in the men of the family, and in my stepfather’s case it had, I believe, been intensified by his long residence in the tropics.
A few locks of gray mingled with his hair, which was still thick and matted, while his bronzed features and determined glance well suited an old sailor who had braved the heat of the equator and the storms of the tropics.
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