| 单词 | british double summer time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBritish Double Summer Time British Double Summer Time n. now historical the daylight saving time used in the United Kingdom under emergency regulations, two hours ahead of GMT (UTC), and in force in the summer months of 1941-5 and 1947; abbreviated BDST; cf. double summer-time n. at double adj.1 and adv. Compounds 1.Also called Double British Summer Time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1941 Motor 7 May 268/3 The hours of black-out are now 3/ 4 hour after sunset to 3/ 4 hour before sunrise, British Double Summer Time, in the greater part of the country. 1949 H. Shearman Ulster xii. 363 Thus you might leave the city of Derry at ten o'clock by British double summer time and travel for an hour into Donegal and find that it was still ten o'clock by Eire summer time. 1995 B. McElheran V-bombs & Weathermaps xxiv. 171 The explanation is that the army used British double summer time while the Continent was one hour behind. < as lemmas |
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