单词 | late-autumn |
释义 | > as lemmaslate-autumn a. With the sense ‘of, belonging to, or in the latter part of the time, season, period, etc., specified by the second element’, as late-autumn, late-century, etc. (cf. sense 9). ΚΠ 1668 T. Watson Doctr. Repentance ix. 116 The Lord would not have any of the late Autumn fruits offered to him. 1772 Monthly Rev. Feb. 126 Mr. Peters laughs at Mr. Young for recommending burnet as a late spring food for sheep. 1877 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 25 Oct. 322/1 The late-summer or autumn flowers have not made their appearance. 1902 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 14 June 382/3 It will never entirely recover from the effects of..this late-spring and early-summer drouth. 1920 Indianapolis Star 2 Nov. (advt.) It isn't sensible to wear summer underwear in late fall weather. 1954 PMLA 69 10 The most influential in creating a late-century fad of Persian poetry were amateurs like Edward Fitzgerald. 1962 Financial Times 18 Oct. 2/3 Only a late-month flurry of new orders can prevent November from being a disappointing month. 1999 Poets & Writers Sept. 47/3 The late-millennium version of a lifestyle—work 12 hours a day, spend your leisure time at the gym, and forgo sleep. 2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land ix. 91 The beach had been refashioned into a late-eighties warehouse party, with..strobes raking the sand. < as lemmas |
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