| 单词 | falling of the leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalling of the leaf falling of the leaf n. now somewhat rare (the shedding of leaves in) autumn; = (the) fall of the leaf at fall n.2 Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > autumn harvest902 harvest-tidec1175 harvest time1362 autumn?c1400 falling of the leaf?1504 fall1550 leaf fall1616 go-harvest1735 back-end1820 fall time1833 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.iii In Septembre in fallynge of the lefe. 1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies l. 1 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 380 (MED) In Septembre, at the falling of the leef. 1682 G. Hartman Digby's Choice Coll. Rare Secrets 262 Twice a Year, chiefly in the Spring, and at the Falling of the Leaf. 1788 S. Lusignan Series Lett. II. App. 152 The autumn, or the falling of the leaf, commences the tenth of September. 1875 R. S. Chadwick Working & Singing 123/2 Before the falling of the leaf She in the grave was sleeping. 1914 K. A. Esdaile Lux Juventutis 33 Such joys as these Long-known—the spring, the falling of the leaf, The gladness of the summer and the trees. 1982 Cumberland (Maryland) Times 13 Oct. 36/5 You can capture the grandeur of this special time in a celebration with family and friends. The ‘falling of the leaf’ is a good excuse for a party. < as lemmas |
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