= Michaelmas summer n.; also figurative.
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释义 | the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > periods of unseasonal weather (10) Michaelmas spring1557 = Michaelmas summer n.; also figurative. All-Hallown Summer1598 a spell of fine weather in the late autumn, an Indian summer; cf. St Luke's summer at St Luke, n. St Martin's Summer n. at St Martin, n. compounds. St Martin's Summera1616 a season of fine, mild weather occurring about Martinmas; also figurative. autumn-spring1639 a period of warm, springlike weather occurring in the autumn; (figurative) a late period of growth, youthfulness, etc.; cf. Indian summer, n. go-summer1649 = St Martin's Summer n. at St Martin, n. compounds. Indian summer1790 A period of unusually calm dry warm weather, often accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring in late autumn in the northern United States and… squaw winter1847 a short period of wintry weather occurring in autumn in the northern United States and Canada, esp. one preceding an Indian summer. All Saints' Summer1861 = All-Hallown Summer n. at All-Hallows, n. compounds 1. Now rare. Martin's summer1864 poetic. Martin's summer n. St Martin's summer, a season of fine, mild weather occurring around Martinmas (11 November); an Indian summer (figurative… Martinmas summer1881 a period of mild sunny weather occurring around Martinmas; an Indian summer; = St Martin's Summer n. at St Martin, n. compounds; frequently figurative… |
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