| 单词 | fast time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast time fast time n. chiefly U.S. regional in a district where two systems of clock time may be observed, the time which is more advanced, commonly by an hour, sometimes by half an hour (cf. sense 8c).Fast time may represent daylight saving time, or standard time in the more easterly of two adjacent time zones. ΚΠ 1883 Wyandott (Kansas) Herald 1 Mar. 3/2 Some people who keep fast time go to church an hour too soon, while those who keep slow time are nearly as much too late. A uniform system of time should be adopted for convenience of the public. 1921 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 21 May 6/2 Atlantic City..has been inconvenienced by the necessity of keeping ‘fast time’ for New York and ‘slow time’ for Philadelphia. 2013 New Yorker 4 Nov. 38/3 ‘Fast time,’ as the six months of daylight saving were sometimes called, or ‘summer time,’ has crept forward on two occasions since, and our municipal laws haven't kept pace. < as lemmas |
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