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单词 Indian summer
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Indian summer
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Indian summer is when autumn feels like summer for a little while. Indian summer is an unexpected stretch of warm weather.
People love to talk about the weather, usually to complain. One thing no one complains about is Indian summer: this occurs when it's fall, and the brisk, cooler fall weather is interrupted by summer-like weather. In Indian summer — which could last a couple days or even a couple weeks — the temperatures shoot up. When there's Indian summer, people rush to play frisbee, have picnics, and walk the dog. Indian summer is also called Saint Martin's summer.
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Indian summer: Indian summers
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Snow would begin falling within a matter of days, but for now, it was the height of an Indian summer.
Slate(Oct 31, 2016)
Last week: an Indian summer, with sunshine and highs in the 80s.
New York Times(Oct 27, 2016)
Our Indian summer has, perhaps, come to an end.
New York Times(Oct 20, 2016)
n a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
Syn|Hyper
Saint Martin's summer
period, period of time, time period
an amount of time
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