| 释义 |
summers, adv. U.S.|ˈsʌməz|
[f. summer n.1 + -s.]
During the summer; each summer (for a number of years).
1907‘Mark Twain’ Christian Sci. II. viii. 235 It [sc. a local Christian Science church] can appoint its own fan-distributors, summers. 1936H. W. Horwill S.P.E. Tract xlv. 192 A peculiar use of the plural form is illustrated in..‘A niece of theirs had earned her way through College by waiting on the Atkins-Smythes' table, summers’. This usage is said to be a relic of the old adverbial genitive. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 1 May 8/2 The limits have riled Pevsner since college days, when he worked summers in Europe. |