The equatorial belt of calms, with its rapid evaporation and strong rising air currents, provides an ideal situation for abundant rain . 在赤道无风带，迅速的蒸发和强烈的上升气流，为大量降雨提供了理想的环境。
Temperate seasons are opposite above and below the equator; when it is summer weather above, it is cold weather below, and vice-versa . 赤道以北和以南地区的温暖季节相反；赤道北是夏季，而南部却是冷凉的气候，反之亦然。
Because of its oblate shape, the moment of inertia of the earth is a maximum about the polar axis and minimum about an axis in the equatorial plane . 由于地球是扁球体，绕极轴惯量矩最大，而绕在赤道面内的轴的惯量矩最小。
But the only zones in which the moon passes the zenith, the point directly over the head of the spectator, are between the twenty-eighth parallels are the equator . 但是，月亮经过天顶点，也就是说它能够爬上观测者的头顶的地方，必须位于地球赤道和南北纬二十八度之间的地带。
Captain : yeah . we are crossing the equator 船长：是啊。我们的船正在穿越赤道。
The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres 赤道把地球划分成为两个半球。
Why is there an evaporation minimum at the equator 为什么在赤道出现蒸发极小值？
The capital of the state is right on the equator 那个国家的首都刚好位于赤道上。
The equator is an imaginary circle around the earth 赤道是地球的一个虚拟的圆圈。
The equator is an imaginary circle around the earth 赤道即假想的环绕地球的大圆。
