weather-wiseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From weather + wise (“having wisdom”).

形容詞

weather-wise (comparative more weather-wise, superlative most weather-wise)

1. Skilled in predicting changes in the weather.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, OCLC 751607287, page 178:

     He glanced with a weatherwise eye at the sky now falling into evening tones - placid and still. "Drought's breaking, but this weather ought to hold for a bit."

2. (figuratively) Skilled in predicting changes in conditions, such as of public opinion.

語源 2

weather +‎ -wise

副詞

weather-wise (not comparable)

1. With respect to weather.
   • 1988, Richard Condon, Prizzi's glory, page 1:

     Early in December, a rotten day weatherwise, Charley Partanna, CEO of the Prizzi family, sat behind his desk

   • 2000, Wayne Johnston, Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir:

     Newfoundland is at the end of the line weather-wise, the last stop for storms that come across the continent or up the Atlantic seaboard