单词 | pet day |
释义 | > as lemmaspet day pet day n. regional (originally Scottish) a fine day in the middle of a period of bad weather. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > day of > too fine to last pet day1823 pet1825 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize III. viii. 63 The lown of that time was as a pet day in winter. 1937 ‘F. O'Connor’ Uprooted 115 A pet day with a moist, gentle little bit of breezheen. 1991 Washington Post 20 Mar. e5/1 In years past, winter pet days have lured the trees from dormancy and brought on early blooms, which then succumbed to killer frosts in late Spring. < as lemmas |
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