单词 | estival |
释义 | estival (once / 738707 pages) adj Estival means "summery." When a sunny day in April has an estival feel to it, it's one of those days that seems so much like summer that you might be tempted to go barefoot. The adjective estival is rarely used, and it's usually found in formal or technical writing. However, there's no reason not to use it when you want to describe something that has to do with summer, like a blue estival sky. Estival comes from the Latin word aestus, or "heat." There are equivalent adjectives for the other seasons, too — autumnal for autumn, hibernal for winter, and vernal for spring. WORD FAMILYestival USAGE EXAMPLESShoppers can expect soon to see early croppers such as Galmac and Delbar Estival, with fruit including plums, cherries and pears also doing well. BBC(Sep 29, 2014) Shoppers can expect soon to see early croppers such as Galmac and Delbar Estival, with fruit including plums, cherries and pears also doing well. BBC(Aug 08, 2014) As he stood beside the bridal pair he seemed almost too festive, too estival, too ebullient for this poor earth of ours. Fuller, Henry Blake, On the Stairs(2010) adj (rare) of or occurring in summer estival winds Syn aestival summery belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer |
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