| 单词 | ice saint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice saint ice saint n. (also with capital initials) a saint whose day is traditionally celebrated during a spell of cold weather (chiefly in plural); spec. (in continental Europe) any one of the saints whose days fall within a short period in May traditionally believed to be liable to frost (see quot. 1922); (also) this period of cold weather. [In specific use probably after German Eisheilige in similar use.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > cold spell > in spring after-winter1593 blackthorn wintera1793 ice saint1873 Buchan1923 society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > particular saints > [noun] > Mamertius, Pancreas and Gervase ice saint1873 1873 J. Glaisher & C. B. Pitman Flammarion's Atmosphere iii. iii. 211 The fall after the 7th of February is very sudden, and continues to the 12th, which gives but a single minimum even in the middle of the ice-saints of February. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 643/2 Ice Saints, those saints whose days fall in..‘the black-thorn winter’. 1922 Meteorol. Mag. 57 177 The quasi-periodic occurrence of a cold spell lasting for a few days early in May is a well-known popular belief... On the Continent three ‘Saint Days’, those of St. Mamertius, St. Pancras and St. Gervais, falling on May 11th, 12th and 13th..are popularly known as the Eisheiligen, or ‘Ice Saints’. 1930 Spectator 24 May 861/2 It seems that there is also an ice saint, Mamertius, whose day is May 11th. 1969 Guardian 7 June 7/5 There was the normal cold iceburst in mid-May, but it came a week later than the proverbial ‘Ice Saints’ days on the Continent. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 May 35 The ice saints appear to be sleeping on the job this year. < as lemmas |
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