厄尔尼诺是西班牙语的音译,原意是“上帝之子”。因为厄尔尼诺现象经常发生在12月圣诞节前后,所以起了这么个名宇。拉尼娜的意思是“女孩”,也称为反厄尔尼诺现象。这个现象往往相随而行,厄尔尼诺即将隐退,而拉尼娜则随即粉墨登场,所以气象学家称拉尼娜是厄尔尼诺的妹妹。 El Nino is the transliteration of Spanish, originally intended as “Son of God.” Because the El Nino phenomenon often occurs around Christmas in December, so played a name. La Nina means “girl”, also known as anti-El Nino phenomenon. This phenomenon is often followed, El Niño is about to retire, but La Niña then come on stage, so meteorologists called La Ni na is El Ni’s sister.