| 释义 |
unˈseasonal, a.
[un-1 7 a: perh. orig. an error for unseasonable a., as the senses of seasonal a. do not correspond closely with those documented below.]
1. = unseasonable a. 1 a.
1935Auden & Isherwood Dog beneath Skin i. i. 33 Our impulses are unseasonal and image-ridden. 1963Sunday Times 1 Dec. 4/6 Mr Wheeler calls it a ‘contrived’ by-election, brought about by Sir Wavell Wakefield's unseasonal translation to the Lords. 1978Washington Post 1 Dec. a1/5 Shell Oil Co. said today that it will begin rationing all brands of its gasoline... Shell..blamed the shortage on an unseasonal ‘dramatic increase in demand’. 1984Oxford Times 9 Mar. 5/1 Two youths, whose Christmas Eve antics in a town centre caused unseasonal scenes between police and revellers.
2. = unseasonable a. 3.
1937Federal Reporter (U.S.) XC. 758/1 Various natural causes are given as reasons for poor production, including freezes, tropical storms, and unseasonal precipitation. 1975Facts on File Yearbk. (1976) XXXV. 172/2 Heavy flooding due to unseasonal rains in southern Thailand left 131 people dead and many rubber plantations..destroyed. 1985Christian Science Monitor 28 June 20/2 The premier tournament fights its own match against the powerful but unseasonal English weather.
Hence unˈseasonally adv.
1941Mass. Reports CCCX. 132 The day..was unseasonally hot, the minimum temperature being forty-four degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, and the maximum eighty-four. 1958Times 16 Oct. 6/3 Some migratory plovers and redshanks coming to winter in Britain were also changing their plumage unseasonally. 1980Economist 30 Aug. 40/3 Mr Rocard is having to campaign unseasonally early just in case things go his way. |