单词 | summer migrant |
释义 | > as lemmassummer migrant summer migrant n. (a) a migratory animal in its summer location or habitat; (b) (chiefly British) a person who moves to a holiday location during the summer; (also) a person who moves to a region to work during the summer. ΚΠ 1798 Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 38 This bird is a migratory species, and like most, if not all our summer migrants, the males precede the other sex in their vernal flight a week or ten days. 1864 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 17 May 7/4 The following are given as the date of the arrival of the summer migrants this year:—Wheatear, March 12;..quail, May 10 (very late). 1878 Times 7 Sept. 4/4 ‘You will be all the better for the sea air.’.. There are many [doubting Thomases] among what may be called our ‘summer migrants’. 1967 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 11 Sept. 8/1 A row of discarded buses..had been converted 10 years ago into living quarters for summer migrants. 1977 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 8 336 The greater the number of aphids hatching in spring the greater the number of summer migrants. 2003 I. Whibley S. Afr. Fisherman (ed. 3) 93/1 Summer migrants include tropical species such as kingfish and king mackerel. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Sept. Another summer migrant to spot is the billionaire. < as lemmas |
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