midsummer

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n. 仲夏, 夏至期 a. 仲夏的

发音

其它 /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/

词形变化

midsummers 复数 midsummers

别名

mid-summer

教材释义与例句

名词

仲夏;盛夏;夏至

形容词

仲夏的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.

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  2. 2.

    The first day of summer.

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  3. 3.

    The middle of summer.

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  4. 4.

    Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.

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  5. 5.

    A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or occurring in the middle of summer.

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词源

From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”).

来源:wiktionary