| 单词 | low season |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow season low season n. (a) the season of lowest rainfall in a particular region, the period when water levels are lowest; (b) the least popular time of year at a resort, hotel, tourist attraction, or the like, when prices are lowest; the period during which the fewest people travel, book accommodation, etc.; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 297 [The hedgehog] of Senegal..passes..some part of the low season, that is of the cold and dry season, in a species of lethargy. 1833 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 3 243 There is a narrow bank of pebbles across the river, with three and a half..feet [of] water at the low season. 1902 H. Gannett Gazetteer Texas 128 It [sc. the Rio Grande] traverses an arid region and hence is subject to great variations in volume, being at the low season often dry at the point where it passes El Paso. 1941 Washington Post 16 Feb. vi. 7/2 The minimum fare, using the Santa Clara in the ‘low’ season on the Grace Line, is $550. 1996 J. Brown Hong Kong & Macau: Rough Guide (ed. 3) 3/2 Low-season fares (Oct–Feb) cost from around £650 return,..while in high season..you'll pay around £950. 2007 Esquire Nov. 46/1 Although it's officially the low season.., Vegas is heaving. < as lemmas |
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