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单词 dog days
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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. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dog days pl n
  1. the hot period of the summer reckoned in ancient times from the heliacal rising of Sirius (the Dog Star)
  2. a period marked by inactivity
Etymology: 16th Century: translation of Late Latin diēs caniculārēs, translation of Greek hēmerai kunades
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