| 单词 | autumn-spring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasautumn-spring autumn-spring n. now rare a period of warm, springlike weather occurring in the autumn; (figurative) a late period of growth, youthfulness, etc.; cf. Indian summer n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > periods of unseasonal weather Michaelmas spring1557 All-Hallown Summer1598 St Martin's Summera1616 autumn-spring1639 go-summer1649 Indian summer1790 squaw winter1847 All Saints' Summer1861 Martin's summer1864 Martinmas summer1881 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xi. 126 This short prosperity, like an Autumne-spring, came too late..to bring any fruit to maturitie. 1660 T. Forde Loves Labyrinth iv. viii, in Virtus Rediviva 57 Love can create an Autumn Spring, infuse New spirits in the old. 1854 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/2 We enjoy a third return of the autumn spring of the Crimea, and we had better enjoy and make the most of it while it lasts. 1957 S. Selden Man in Theatre v. 82 It is a time of false surge, sometimes called an ‘autumn-spring’. < as lemmas |
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