单词 | summer-loving |
释义 | > as lemmassummer-loving b. Objective and locative, as summer-loving, summer-going, etc. ΚΠ 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. C1v The ayre is rarefied with heate But thick and grosse with Summer-killing colde. 1611 R. Chester Ann. Great Brit. 99 The Puffin, Sole, and Sommer louing Mackrell, In season held for a high Ladies dish. 1805 M. A. Shee Rhymes on Art 60 In calmer seas, and summer-breathing gales. 1875 Zoologist 10 4693 They [sc. starlings] fly into the air with swallows, &c., and catch insects similar to that summer-loving tribe. 1910 W. Packard Woodland Paths 26 Like the cicada, he seems to sing best when it is hottest, and the thought of his song inevitably brings to mind the drone of the summer-loving insect. 1954 J. Betjeman Few Late Chrysanthemums 43 Oh sun upon the summer-going by-pass Where ev'rything is speeding to the sea. 2014 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 2 The summer-loving Brit has not experienced the cold season in seven years, travelling between England and Tokoroa every six months. < as lemmas |
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