单词	autumn
释义	autumnau‧tumn /ˈɔːtəm $ ˈɒː-/ ●●● W3 (also fall American English) noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINautumn Origin: 1300-1400 Latin autumnus Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Autumn began, autumn passed, and winter began, 1963 into 1964. And in the autumn a Race Night is planned as well as a Dinner Dance. In lambs, patent infections first occur in early summer, but the heaviest infections are usually seen in autumn. It was not until autumn that Jennifer found herself in the city again. No recent change in status is apparent, except that some decline in autumn passage may have occurred. Only during the time of the spring and autumn equinoxes do our aquariums have a tropical day. Or go for lowlights in a rich autumn glow. Shortly after Norah's departure, Louise was fitted for her autumn suits. word sets WORD SETS► Chronology AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a spring/summer/autumn/winter flower · The mountainsides were blanketed with spring flowers. ► autumn leaves (also fall leaves American English) (=leaves that have changed colour or fallen in autumn)· I love the colours of the autumn leaves. ► autumn mist(s) · The field looked magical in the autumn mist. ► the summer/autumn/winter/spring months · It’s very cold here during the winter months. ► the spring/summer/autumn/winter sunshine · She was sitting in the garden, enjoying the spring sunshine. ► the spring/summer/autumn term · Mrs Collins will be leaving us at the end of the summer term. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early · These colours work particularly well in late summer and early autumn, when sunshine becomes more golden and mellow.· It was early autumn, and downtown the sun was bright in the unlit lobby.· For collectors and aviation enthusiasts the early autumn of 1992 produced no less than four major auctions with an accent on matters aeronautical.· In the early autumn of the first year of the war, he had closed the office for several days.· A conference to launch the notes and the training material is expected in the early autumn.· Which means he should be showing up sometime in early autumn.· Daffodils like to be planted as early in the autumn as possible so get those in now.· Firmer proposals should be available by early autumn this year, and more information will be sent to centres at that time. ► late · If layered in August, the new plant should be ready to move by late autumn or the following spring.· The prospect of sailing into the late autumn was itself the major worry.· It was originally thought the contract could be given last year with work starting in late autumn.· Sailing a bamboo raft through the late autumn and early winter storms was definitely perilous.· Waste of land is thus avoided, and there is a surplus of top-quality produce for sale in late autumn and winter.· Traditionally, the layering process ends in late autumn with the addition of fresh pineapple chunks.· One late autumn afternoon Snowy failed to turn up for his meal, so his master went out to look for him.· Some through passage perhaps occurs in late autumn and is clearly discernable in late March and April. ► previous · Comment on the dollar had been sombre for much of the year in the train of developments the previous autumn.· The previous autumn, the muggy monsoon heat had begun to diminish on the very day following the festival of Dusshera.· After his good showing the previous autumn Nathan was coming too.· Examine all those planted the previous autumn and winter to see that the soil has not been loosened by frost. NOUN► day · I am meeting Enya and the Ryans somewhere near her carefully guarded Killiney residence on a silvery wet and foggy autumn day.· The sky had taken on the faint green cast of an autumn day.· They went to lunch at Fiesole on a perfect autumn day.· I flew into Lindbergh on a gorgeous autumn day.· It is a sunny autumn day.· It was a gray, cool autumn day and all the bees were home, now agitated by the surgery.· On mild autumn days, pond fish will be feeding enthusiastically, building up their fat reserves.· On this gloomy autumn day, there were gray and yellowish skies lowering over the rooftops of Warsaw. ► evening · He took encore after encore until the thinning crowd finally disappeared into the dark autumn evening.· I go to the movies by myself one autumn evening.· It is 7.30 on a mild, wet autumn evening in Paris, two weeks before the fashion shows.· On a muddy autumn evening, we had sworn to love each other for ever.· One autumn evening in 1944, twenty new prisoners arrived in the compound unexpectedly.· It was a fine autumn evening in 1922.· The thought of a cold classroom on an autumn evening is the last thing she probably wants!· Autumn By autumn evenings Orion has set soon after darkness, but Sirius and Canopus are still high. ► leave · In the gutter and against railings caches of autumn leaves were turning black with rot, a reminder of the distant summer.· Under his feet, fallen apples were mixed in with the first autumn leaves.· It could be cherry blossom petals or autumn leaves or slush and snow.· I went into the field and gathered autumn leaves and flowers and put them in jam jars around the cottage. ► statement · The autumn statement shows that spending on science and technology in 1992-93 will be almost £6 billion.· Will he further confirm that the 11 percent. increase in the autumn statement is bound to be helpful?· The Chief Secretary has spoken for 22 minutes but has not mentioned the autumn statement.· In his autumn statement on 6 November, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced his public expenditure plans.· What is the Opposition's alternative to the autumn statement?· The Chancellor did his best in the autumn statement.· The Government produced in the autumn statement a graph of consumer confidence. ► term · He hadn't wondered where her clothes were when he'd returned to Primrose Cottage at the end of that autumn term.· Two-thirds of five to seven-year-olds and half of eight to 11-year-olds are looking forward to the autumn term.· Had they used a police car, it would have taken them longer, for this was the autumn term.· The beginning of the autumn term was, apart from exams, her busiest time of year.· It was decided to postpone the survey until the autumn term.· He went back to Cuddesdon for the autumn term, but the mental condition was very adverse.· They were a fellow short, and the start of the autumn term is a terrible time to get a replacement. VERB► begin · A slow process of rapprochement therefore began in the autumn of 1943.· Autumn began, autumn passed, and winter began, 1963 into 1964.· Now the administration is proclaiming it as the solution to the dramatic slowdown in the economy that began last autumn.· But I know that the money will not last if you do not begin your studies this autumn.· It was the beginning of the summer, three months before college began in the autumn.· The worst time began in the autumn of 1810, which year had up to then been one of peak earnings.· The research began in the autumn of 1986. ► publish · A strategic overview on the issue would be published in an autumn white paper.· The novel will be published next autumn.· The Beatles Anthology will be published this autumn.· A new edition of her book, Good Children, is being published this autumn.· Antoine Bloye was published in the autumn of 1933. ► start · Valerie was asked to give regular classes and hopes to be able to start these in the autumn.· This would earn Moscow substantial transit fees once the first oil starts flowing next autumn.· If all goes well, you may be able to go back to school when the new year starts in the autumn.· It was originally thought the contract could be given last year with work starting in late autumn.· Overhead wiring will get under way early this year, with test running to start in the autumn.· Bohunt volunteered for the first year, which started last autumn.· But the Saturday class for young musicians will start this autumn in temporary premises. the season between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes cooler:  autumn mistsGRAMMAR: Patterns with autumnin autumn/in the autumn• You use in autumn or in the autumn when saying that something happens at that time: · In autumn the leaves turn red.· She is planning to go back to college in the autumn.last autumn/this autumn etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last autumn: · They got married last autumn. ✗Don’t say: They got married in last autumn.• You say this autumn: · The frost is early this autumn. ✗Don’t say: The frost is early in this autumn.• You say next autumn: · The novel will be published next autumn. ✗Don’t say: The novel will be published in next autumn.• You say that autumn: · It was very stormy that autumn. ✗Don’t say: It was very stormy in that autumn.
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