| 单词 | season |
| 释义 | season (siːzən ) Word forms: seasons , seasoning , seasoned 1. countable noun B1 The seasons are the main periods into which a year can be divided and which each have their own typical weather conditions. Autumn's my favourite season. ...the only region of Brazil where all four seasons are clearly defined. ...the rainy season. 2. countable noun [usually singular] B1+ You can use season to refer to the period during each year when a particular activity or event takes place. For example, the planting season is the period when a particular plant or crop is planted. ...birds arriving for the breeding season. For law students, autumn brings the recruiting season. Synonyms: period, time, term, spell 3. countable noun [noun NOUN, oft in/out of N] B1+ You can use season to refer to the period when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is ready for eating and is widely available. The plum season is about to begin. Now British asparagus is in season. 4. countable noun [usually singular] B1+ You can use season to refer to a fixed period during each year when a particular sport is played. ...the baseball season. It is his first race this season. 5. countable noun B1+ A season is a period in which a play or show, or a series of plays or shows, is performed in one place. ...a season of three new plays. ...the Royal Ballet's summer season. 6. countable noun [usually singular] B1+ A season of films is several of them shown as a series because they are connected in some way. ...a season of films by America's pre-eminent documentary maker, Ken Burns. [+ of] 7. countable noun [usually singular, oft in/out of N] B1+ The holiday or vacation season is the time when most people have their holiday. ...the peak holiday season. There are discos and clubs but these are often closed out of season. 8. verb If you season food with salt, pepper, or spices, you add them to it in order to improve its flavour. Season the meat with salt and pepper. [VERB noun + with] I believe in seasoning food before putting it on the table. [VERB noun] Synonyms: flavour, salt, spice, lace 9. verb [usually passive] If wood is seasoned, it is made suitable for making into furniture or for burning, usually by being allowed to dry out gradually. Ensure that new wood has been seasoned. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: mature, age, condition, prime 10. See also seasoned, seasoning 11. in season phrase If a female animal is in season, she is in a state where she is ready to have sex. Quotations: To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven Bible: Ecclesiastes Summer has set in with its usual severity summer afternoon - summer afternoon. the two most beautiful words in the English language Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperateSonnets season of mists and mellow fruitfulnessTo Autumn If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?Ode to the West Wind in the bleak mid-winterMid-Winter the English winter - ending in July to recommence in August In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of loveLocksley Hall One swallow does not make a summer Idioms: open season on someone or something when a lot of people are criticizing or attacking someone or something It seems that, as far as the media are concerned, it's open season on the royal family. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: difficult season We had an inexperienced side and 11 first-class fixtures so it was going to be a difficult season. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He had a difficult season last year and he's made that point. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This has been a difficult season for him. The Sun (2015) The Guild Of Experienced Motorists also warns that the winter months are the cold and flu season. The Sun (2010) Since it was the beginning of the winter flu season, I stayed home for the first six weeks. Christianity Today (2000) The flu vaccination season is just getting under way. The Sun (2015) The midfield player, whose present deal expires at the end of next season, has been linked with a move to Manchester United. Times, Sunday Times (2006) A season completed outside the top six will make next season's triumphs all the more pleasurable, will it not? Times, Sunday Times (2014) I am not arrogant and know that next season will be tough. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There are two rainy seasons, the "short rains" from October to December and the "long rains" from March to May. Geography Basic Facts (1983) This was the rainy season and the ground was soft. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715 (1995) It is rainy season, and many queued clutching umbrellas in the light morning drizzle. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Tip into a serving dish and season generously with table salt. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Mash until smoothish and season generously. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Add cumin and cayenne and season generously. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Pour the crème fraîche and milk into a mixing bowl and season generously with salt. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Put the flour on the first and season generously with salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The team took home the regular season and conference tournament crowns in 2009 and shared the regular season title in 2010. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After his fourth consecutive season title in downhill in 1978, he began a prolonged slump until the end of the 1981 season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The win was the first time the team ever won either a tournament or regular season title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 2002-03 team had lost the previous year in the conference championship game after winning the conference regular season title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We now expect their end of season total to be 77 points, 23.5 more than we thought it would be. Times, Sunday Times The season total stands at 24 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Two interceptions tied his season total. Houston Chronicle His season total of seven home runs in 1890 stood as the record for pitchers until 1931. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This second season total was all accrewed in a single innings of 11 runs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These resorts use glaciers as ski runs, giving them a long ski season. Times, Sunday Times (2008) WINTER has arrived and the ski season is now officially upon us. The Sun (2012) Book a trip to a picturesque village in Switzerland at the very beginning of the ski season and this doesn't have to be a daydream. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There are 35 possible dates in the spring season (northern hemisphere) for celebrating a one-time event. Christianity Today Forty-one groups with a total of 378 climbers have been permitted to scale the mountain during the spring season. Times, Sunday Times Analysts suggest that the omens are good as the industry heads into the busy spring season. Times, Sunday Times Images such as these fuel anticipation for the coming spring season. Houston Chronicle Deposits for the spring season will be due at this time. Houston Chronicle He has, though, responded well to the setback and will start the season with the gloves. Times, Sunday Times If they are ready to start the season, fine. Times, Sunday Times He ended his impressive debut season last year with a maiden firstclass century and must have thought he would start this season in the side. Times, Sunday Times That was the perfect way to start the season. Times, Sunday Times As always at Chelsea, the expectations are high and we want to have a successful season. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But now the winter's over and we have finished the base work on which to build a successful season. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We look forward to a successful final season with the club. Times, Sunday Times (2014) As always in ski zones, the challenge is to find activities to keep the show on the road during the summer season. Times, Sunday Times (2009) By the time the summer season was drawing to a close I'd reached an important crossroads in my life. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004) Today's summer season is no longer preoccupied with being in a royal enclosure. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Something quite ghastly is happening to our summer season. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Doing so in the midst of the summer tourist season compounded the difficulties, they said. Times, Sunday Times Unite said that a walkout would cause serious disruption during the height of the tourist season. Times, Sunday Times It would extend the tourist season on the island to the whole year. Times, Sunday Times Luckily it was the tourist season, so they soon disappeared from the stall permanently outside their building. The Sun The search has caused dismay in the resort, with businesses complaining that they are happening at the start of the tourist season. Times, Sunday Times He led the team to an undefeated season, 9-0. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had an undefeated season in conference play. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His 1981 team posted a 26-0 record to give him his second undefeated season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had also had another undefeated season in 2002. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1974, the team finished 90, the school's only undefeated season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he should have been preparing and focusing on the upcoming season, he was spending his time investigating alternative potential employment. The Sun The departure of their popular manager would be a huge blow for a group who had high hopes for the upcoming season after they escaped relegation last term. The Sun You want to give fans a sense of anticipation for the upcoming season, a feeling that they can't wait for the first ball to be kicked. The Sun We had a really good chat and it made me feel really confident about the upcoming season. The Sun By the way, coaches did talk about the upcoming season. Houston Chronicle In a wet season the grass becomes so lush and lanky that it lies down before you think about cutting it. Times, Sunday Times (2010) And if they are bored in the dry season, what do they do when they are bored in the wet season? Times, Sunday Times (2009) The wet season is also typhoon time. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Recolonisation with snails of further rice fields from a village occurred during the later period of the wet season. 2000, 'Population dinamics of Lymnaea rubiginosa in rice fields and its infection with larvae of trematodes', Jurnal Ilmu Ternak dan Veteriner He's had some difficult moments in football, but played for a whole season with Hull City, which will have been a good experience. Times, Sunday Times (2012) You have to be consistent the whole season. The Sun (2009) We have not gone down just on this performance but on the whole season. The Sun (2016) Spotting a match they can win this season. Times, Sunday Times Arsenal kicked off yesterday with one win this season and the division's most porous defence. Times, Sunday Times The only award he would win this season would be for the biggest disappointment. Times, Sunday Times Reading, without a previous league win this season, started the brighter. Times, Sunday Times We'll play worse than that and win this season, so let's not get too down by this. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 季节 Japanese: 季節 |
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