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单词 year-round
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year-roundadj.adv.

Brit. /ˌjɪəˈraʊnd/, /ˌjəːˈraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈˌjɪ(ə)(r)ˈˌraʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: year n., round adv.
Etymology: < year n. + round adv., after all (the) year round at round prep. 10a. Compare later all-the-year-round (a) at round adv. and prep. Phrases 3.Quot. 1836 apparently refers to the work cited in quot. 1791, in which the unusually-formed German word is used as a literal gloss of the English.
A. adj.
That exists, occurs, or is used throughout the year. Of a person: that does something all year; esp. that resides in a place throughout the year.
ΘΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > all year round
year-round1791
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > all year round
year-round1791
1791 J. von Rohr Anmerkungen über Cattunbau I. 16 Den nan [sic]..dem Year-round, (Jahrrund) Cattunbaume würde ich..Blätter von allen Drey Figuren finden [‘for on..the year-round cotton tree, I would find leaves of all three shapes’].
1836 A. Ure Cotton Manuf. Great Brit. II. ii. i. 74 The jahr-rund, or year-round cotton plant, so named because it affords a succession of ripe capsules at every season.
1919 House Beautiful Sept. 176/2 To the year-round gardener, the fall catalogues of the plantsmen rival..the alluring brochures of spring.
1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 177 The western district..contains..many homes of year-round residents.
1945 G. Nelson & H. N. Wright Tomorrow's House x. 111/1 One advantage of the inside bathroom..is that it has year-round ventilation.
1960 House & Garden Aug. 40/1 A skilfully-planned year-round family house.
1961 Guardian 8 May 8/6 A moment, known increasingly to year-round Londoners.
1976 Sci. Amer. July 118/1 Where the diversion of local streams would not provide a year-round supply of water it was necessary to build a reservoir.
2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire xxvi. 450 It was summer-cabin country, with a scattering of year-round residences.
B. adv.
Throughout the year; = all year round at round prep. 10a.
ΘΠ
the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > all year
overyearOE
summer and wintera1398
all (the) year round1652
year-round1911
1911 Pop. Mech. Aug. 23/2 (advt.) Power Blacksmith shop, 16 lots. Plenty of work year round.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 47/8 Enjoy swimming year-round in the outdoor and indoor pools.
1981 C. Miller Childhood in Scotl. 58 Rabbits..were shot year-round.
2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 10 Species such as king penguins and wandering albatrosses stay year-round on South Georgia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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