| 单词 | rain-time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain-time rain-time n. [compare Middle Low German (rare) rēgenstīt, German Regenzeit (Middle High German (in late sources) regenzeit)] ΚΠ c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. ix, in Anglia (1885) 8 142 She..in þe rayne-tyme come home ageyne vntouched. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xviii. f. 337v/2 Some [fish] wexeth fat in the Northerne winde,..& some in Southern winde,..and some in raine time, as Aristotle sayeth. 1726 N. Uring Hist. Voy. & Trav. 354 The Country is all a Flat, and great Part of it a Morass, with several large Lagunes, which in the Rain-times are almost all over-flowed. 1851 H. T. Cheever Life in Sandwich Islands iv. 90 And when the rain-time has come, there is rain indeed! 1919 Modesto (Calif.) Evening News 22 Feb. 6/1 (advt.) Rain-time is planting time. 1994 J. Harkins Bridging Two Worlds vi. 150 Green-time..is the period of lush growth after rains (or rain-time ). < as lemmas |
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