| 单词 | high season |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh season high season n. the peak time of year for a particular activity, occurrence, etc.; spec. (a) the season of highest rainfall in a particular region, the period when water levels are highest (cf. sense A. 4d); (b) the most popular time to visit a resort, hotel, tourist attraction, etc., when prices are highest. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [noun] > rainy season (tropical) rains1615 rainy season1655 long rains1670 season1707 monsoon1747 high season1759 plum rains1894 wet1897 bai-u1910 kharif1920 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 166 Rice is the only grain sown at Gambia in the lands overflown by the rains of the high season. 1769 F. Gentleman Stratford Jubilee i. 7 The High Season at Bath, where the Extravagants eat silver. 1835 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 459 In the high season, the river spreads for miles over marshes. 1888 Practitioner Oct. 256 Something like 10,000 persons annually visit Rome..during the ‘high season’, filling the hotels to overflowing. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia ii. xiv. 232 It was the high season for summer flowers. 1971 New York 31 May 36/2 Be sure to notice whether the price includes the high-season supplement. 1993 Calif. Hist. 72 256/2 Tulare Lake covered 200,000 acres and measured 75 miles by 25 during its high season. 2005 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 May (Drive section) 7 Tour buses, crowds and parking hassles in the high season can tend to make you wonder whether you're actually getting away from it all. < as lemmas |
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