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单词 dog-day
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dog days′, 
    1. Astronomy, Meteorology, Astronomythe sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11.
    2. a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence.
    • 1530–40; translation of Latin diēs caniculārēs; see canicular
    dog-day′, adj. 

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