| 单词 | british summer time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBritish Summer Time British Summer Time n. the daylight saving time used in the United Kingdom, one hour in advance of GMT (UTC), and in force in the summer months of most years since it was first introduced in 1916; abbreviated BST; cf. summertime n. 2, British Double Summer Time n.BST is now standardized as being in force from 01.00 GMT on the last Sunday in March to 01.00 GMT on the last Sunday in October. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1916 H. H. Peerless Diary 25 June in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 204 Another social revolution for conservative England is the adoption of ‘British Summer Time’—advocated for many years by the late Mr W. Willett..under the nomenclature of ‘daylight saving’. 1958 L. R. Muirhead Blue Guide to Northern Spain (ed. 2) p. cxxxvi Railway time is now 1 hour later than Greenwich time, and coincides with British Summer Time when the latter is in force. 2005 L. Holford-Strevens Hist. Time i. 16 Great Britain did likewise [sc. adopted summer time] for the duration of the war, and again in 1922, since when British Summer Time, or BST, has been in force for at least part of every year. < as lemmas |
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