单词 | autumn time |
释义 | > as lemmasautumn time autumn time n. the season of autumn; cf. fall time n. at fall n.2 Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 75 His harnesse shone as doth the starre within the heauen large, The whiche in Autumne time is raisd amid the mightie skie. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 394 Robert..died in Autumn time or after. 1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals i. iv. 179 It has been observed, that, in the Spring and Autumn-time, the East and North-Winds are neither too moist nor too dry. 1846 Times 14 Feb. (Suppl.) 9/3 The prices [of wheat] are fully 100 per cent. higher than they were at autumn time. 1945 Life 10 Sept. 22/3 (advt.) Old Virginia is splashed at autumn time with nature's bright garment of wild flowers. 2001 Water Gardening Oct. 64/1 Dawyck is particularly enticing during the autumn time, when blazen with colour, brilliant reds fight with mellow golds for attention. < as lemmas |
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