(meteorology) The El Niño weather phenomenon characterized by unusual warming of surface waters in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean; also called 圣婴现象 shèng​yīng​xiàn​xiàng or 厄尔尼诺现象 è'ěr​ní​nuò​xiàn​xiàng

an observable fact or event; the outward manifestation of things, as opposed to their essence or substance; (epistemology) the appearance of an object to the mind through the senses, as distinct from the thing-in-itself (noumenon)