单词 | may long |
释义 | > as lemmasMay long May long n. Canadian colloquial the long weekend preceding and including Victoria Day, a public holiday observed in Canada on the penultimate Monday in May; cf. May two-four n. [Shortened < May long weekend < May n.2 + long weekend n. at long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4a.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > weekend > specific Labour Weekend1948 May two-four1991 May long1999 1999 alt.drunken.bastards 21 May (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 17 April 2020) As for ‘Victoria Day’, in this part o' Canada, we simply call it ‘The May Long’. The word ‘Weekend’ has even been dropped. 2019 @andieshaw 21 May in twitter.com (accessed 24 Mar. 2020) Even though I worked for 2 out of the 3 days, the weather was perfect for May long. < as lemmas |
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