单词 | summer resort |
释义 | > as lemmassummer resort summer resort n. a popular place to spend a holiday in the summer; (also and in earliest use) †the action or fact of visiting such a place (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > resort holiday centrec1450 holiday resortc1450 summer resort1757 touring ground1858 vacation-land1927 getaway1968 1757 Centinel 7 Apr. 66 Those little imitating scenes of summer resort, Harrigate, Buxton and Matlock, at all which places I shall take up my stand this summer. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 539/1 The amusements of Bath being thus improved.., it became the summer resort of people of fashion. 1853 E. T. Turnerelli Kazan II. i. 4 This village is a favourite place of summer-resort for the inhabitants. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 257 For a summer resort one can spend weeks very pleasantly there. 1924 Times 29 Apr. 11/6 In those days when Denmark was a favourite place of summer resort for many exalted royalties closely related to the Danish Court. 1974 Times 12 Nov. 14/1 Mr and Mrs Ronald Heywood own a 56-bedroom two star hotel in a summer resort on the east coast. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 May A summer resort since the early 19th century, the city [sc. Newport, Rhode Island] is about 70 miles from Boston and 180 miles from New York. < as lemmas |
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