单词 | arbor day |
释义 | Arbor Dayn. Originally U.S. A day set apart by law, originally in the state of Nebraska, afterwards observed throughout the U.S. and adopted in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, to be yearly observed for the planting of trees. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1872 in Encycl. Brit. (1902) XXXI. 112/2 Resolved that Wednesday, the 10th day of April 1872, be..set apart..for tree-planting in the state of Nebraska, and the State Board of Agriculture hereby name it Arbor Day. 1888 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Mar. (Farmer) Governor Oglesby has designated April 13 as Arbor Day in Illinois. 1892 Congress. Rec. June 5404/2 In every quarter of the country ‘arbor days’ are days named by law, and also by custom, for planting forest trees to make lumber for the generations yet to come. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 731/2 In order to encourage tree-planting [in S. Australia], a yearly school holiday devoted to this purpose, and known as Arbor Day, was established in 1886. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 4 May 4 Arbor Day is being celebrated in the schools of Greater New York to-day. 1967 N.Z. Listener 28 July In New Zealand..Arbor Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in August. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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