| 单词 | dog days |
| 释义 | dog daysSEE SYNONYMS FOR dog days ON THESAURUS.COM plural nounthe sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11. a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence. Origin of dog days1530–40; translation of Latin diēs caniculārēs;see canicular OTHER WORDS FROM dog daysdog-day, adjectiveWords nearby dog daysdog-cheap, dog clutch, dog collar, dog curtain, dog-day cicada, dog days, dogdom, dog-doo, doge, dog-ear, dog-eared Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dog daysBritish Dictionary definitions for dog daysdog days pl nthe hot period of the summer reckoned in ancient times from the heliacal rising of Sirius (the Dog Star) a period marked by inactivity Word Origin for dog daysC16: translation of Late Latin diēs caniculārēs, translation of Greek hēmerai kunades Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dog daysdog days Hot, sultry summer weather; also, a period of stagnation. For example, It's hard to get much work done during the dog days, or Every winter there's a week or two of dog days when sales drop dramatically. The term alludes to the period between early July and early September, when Sirius, the so-called Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun. The ancient Romans called this phenomenon dies caniculares, which was translated as “dog days” in the first half of the 1500s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for dog daysdog days The hot, muggy days of summer. The Romans associated such weather with the influence of Sirius, the dog star, which is high in the sky during summer days. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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