| 单词 | daylight-saving time |
| 释义 | daylight-saving timeor day·light-sav·ings time[ dey-lahyt-sey-ving ] / ˈdeɪˌlaɪtˈseɪ vɪŋ / nounthe civil time observed when daylight saving is adopted in a country or community. Origin of daylight-saving timeFirst recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby daylight-saving timedaylight, daylight lamp, daylight robbery, daylights, daylight saving, daylight-saving time, daylily, day-liner, day loan, daylong, day man Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for daylight-saving timedaylight-saving time nountime set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the eveningAlso called (in the US): daylight time See also British Summer Time Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for daylight-saving timedaylight-saving time [ dā′līt-sā′vĭng ] Time during which clocks are set one hour or more ahead of standard time to provide more daylight at the end of the working day during late spring, summer, and early fall. First proposed by Benjamin Franklin, daylight saving time was instituted in various countries during both world wars in the 20th century and was made permanent in most of the United States beginning in 1973. Arizona, Hawaii, most of eastern Indiana, and certain US territories and possessions do not observe daylight saving time. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。