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单词 dog day
释义 dog day
noun
Etymology: back-formation from dog days, translation of Late Latin dies caniculares, translation of Greek hēmerai kynades; from their being reckoned in ancient times from the heliacal rising of the Dog Star (Sirius)
1.
 a. dog days plural : the period between early July and early September when the hot sultry weather of summer usually occurs
 b. : a day in dog days : a hot sultry day
2. dog days plural : a period marked by dull lack of progress
 < the dog days following any major upheaval >
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