| 单词 | daylight saving bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdaylight saving bill C1. General attributive, as daylight saving bill, daylight saving legislation, etc. ΚΠ 1908 Hansard 4th Ser. 184 155 Daylight Saving Bill... Mr. R. Pearce..in moving the Second Reading said that the object of the Bill was to promote the earlier use of daylight in the summer. 1916 G. Lee Diary 20 May in Home Fires Burning (2006) 168 I have just been fulfilling the new Daylight Saving Law. Tonight is the night that everybody in the British Isles has to advance their clocks by one hour, to save daylight, electric or gas-light, and also coal. 1971 Canberra Times 9 Oct. 3/2 State Parliament, after a rowdy debate, approved today introduction of daylight-saving legislation by 36 to 25. 2009 B. E. Cooper Ray Schalk xii. 121 The White Sox and Cubs planned to start all home games at 3 p.m., in deference to the newly instituted Daylight Saving program. < as lemmas |
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