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单词 midsummer
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Definition of midsummer in English:

midsummer

noun mɪdˈsʌməˈmɪdˌsəmər
  • 1The middle part of summer.

    the plant blooms in midsummer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Colchicum is much larger with goblet-shaped, fleshy flowers that are resistant to rain and should be planted in midsummer.
    • In southernmost regions, your garden's rest period probably will coincide with the intense midsummer heat instead of winter.
    • In the dry heat of midsummer, this place of rugged beauty is as spooky as it is spectacular - a disaster waiting to happen.
    • A peculiar experience occurs in thick Australian bushland in the shimmering heat of midsummer's noon.
    • Amid the midsummer heat and the excitement in central London, as citizens celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the principal contenders were becoming clear.
    • A delay into late summer will mean resellers miss the traditional midsummer buying season.
    • The shabby redbrick facades of Het Straatje, or the little street, drowse like its denizens in the midsummer heat.
    • Next, imagine you're down there, on the ground in midsummer's heat.
    • Softwood cuttings are taken from new growth made in early spring to midsummer and are green at the tip and base.
    • Everything grows very slowly there and all northern hemisphere herbs are grown under shade cloth - the herbs can't manage the intense dry heat of midsummer.
    • Unfortunately the midsummer heat in Athens means his young children Pippa, three, and Oliver, one, will have to stay at home in Faringdon with his wife Georgina, 38.
    • It is a midsummer experience for the middle class every year.
    • The fruiting season is midsummer to early autumn.
    • In midsummer, container-grown plants in local nurseries will be in full leaf so you can get a good idea of what the different varieties will look like.
    • In midsummer the lilies reign, with blooms of vivid yellow, orange, maroon and pink.
    • The last time they'd seen the tin can was in the baking midsummer sun - a holiday from way back.
    • Although the plants bear tall spikes of white or lavender flowers in midsummer, hosta are planted primarily for the season-long show of their striking foliage.
    • The Mani is a good place to walk at any time of the year, except in the searing heat of midsummer.
    • Whether you start with seeds or transplants, planting in midsummer means heat is likely to stress young broccoli plants.
    • Bloom begins in midsummer and lasts until frost.
    1. 1.1 The summer solstice.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For the remainder of the 1930s its members continued to hold services either at Stonehenge or Normanton Gorse, but in July rather than at midsummer.
      • When the midsummer sun rises directly over the heel stone, it marks the turning of the season and the approaching harvest season.
      • On midsummer night last year, for example, he joined other artists for a special display on the River Thames.
      • The midsummer's eve dance was in precisely four days, and she already had her dress all prepared.

Origin

Old English midsumor (see mid-, summer1).

Rhymes

bummer, comer, drummer, hummer, mummer, plumber, rummer, strummer, summa, summer
 
 

Definition of midsummer in US English:

midsummer

nounˈmidˌsəmərˈmɪdˌsəmər
  • 1often as modifier The middle part of summer.

    the midsummer heat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next, imagine you're down there, on the ground in midsummer's heat.
    • The shabby redbrick facades of Het Straatje, or the little street, drowse like its denizens in the midsummer heat.
    • The last time they'd seen the tin can was in the baking midsummer sun - a holiday from way back.
    • The Colchicum is much larger with goblet-shaped, fleshy flowers that are resistant to rain and should be planted in midsummer.
    • A peculiar experience occurs in thick Australian bushland in the shimmering heat of midsummer's noon.
    • In midsummer the lilies reign, with blooms of vivid yellow, orange, maroon and pink.
    • The Mani is a good place to walk at any time of the year, except in the searing heat of midsummer.
    • Amid the midsummer heat and the excitement in central London, as citizens celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the principal contenders were becoming clear.
    • In the dry heat of midsummer, this place of rugged beauty is as spooky as it is spectacular - a disaster waiting to happen.
    • In southernmost regions, your garden's rest period probably will coincide with the intense midsummer heat instead of winter.
    • The fruiting season is midsummer to early autumn.
    • Softwood cuttings are taken from new growth made in early spring to midsummer and are green at the tip and base.
    • In midsummer, container-grown plants in local nurseries will be in full leaf so you can get a good idea of what the different varieties will look like.
    • Whether you start with seeds or transplants, planting in midsummer means heat is likely to stress young broccoli plants.
    • Unfortunately the midsummer heat in Athens means his young children Pippa, three, and Oliver, one, will have to stay at home in Faringdon with his wife Georgina, 38.
    • Bloom begins in midsummer and lasts until frost.
    • Everything grows very slowly there and all northern hemisphere herbs are grown under shade cloth - the herbs can't manage the intense dry heat of midsummer.
    • Although the plants bear tall spikes of white or lavender flowers in midsummer, hosta are planted primarily for the season-long show of their striking foliage.
    • A delay into late summer will mean resellers miss the traditional midsummer buying season.
    • It is a midsummer experience for the middle class every year.
    1. 1.1
      another term for summer solstice
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For the remainder of the 1930s its members continued to hold services either at Stonehenge or Normanton Gorse, but in July rather than at midsummer.
      • On midsummer night last year, for example, he joined other artists for a special display on the River Thames.
      • When the midsummer sun rises directly over the heel stone, it marks the turning of the season and the approaching harvest season.
      • The midsummer's eve dance was in precisely four days, and she already had her dress all prepared.

Origin

Old English midsumor (see mid-, summer).

 
 
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