;夏天;夏季Summer is the season between spring and autumn. In the summer the weather is usually warm or hot.
I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork...
今年初夏我逃离了伦敦的炎热,飞往科克去避暑。
It was a perfect summer's day.
那是一个美好的夏日。
...in the summer of 1987.
在 1987 年的夏天
...the summer holidays...
暑假
He used to spend childhood summers with his grandparents.
他小时候夏天都是和爷爷奶奶一起度过的。
Oxford
sum·mer★/ˈsʌmə(r); NAmEˈsʌmər/noun[uncountable , countable ]the warmest season of the year, coming between spring and autumn/fall 夏天;夏季◆We're going away in the summer.夏天我们要外出。◆It's very hot here in summer.这里夏天很热。◆in the summer of 2009在 2009 年夏季◆late/early summer夏末;初夏◆this/next/last summer今年╱下一个╱上一个夏天◆a cool/hot/wet summer凉爽的╱炎热的╱多雨的夏天◆It is now high summer(= the hottest part of summer).正值盛夏。◆a summer's day夏日◆a summer dress夏天穿的连衣裙◆the summer holidays/vacation暑假◆two summers ago两年前☞see also
1the time of the year when the sun is hottest and the days are longest, between spring and autumn → summery: the long hot summer of 1976 The children play on the beach during the summer.in (the) summer Miriam likes to relax in her garden in summer.this/next/last summer We’re going to Italy next summer. a hot summer’s day a sunny summer afternoon a three-week summer vacationearly/late summer The tourist season lasts through late summer. Parts of Spain are extremely hot in high summer (=the hottest part of summer).220/50 etc summers literary 20, 50 etc years of age: a child of 11 summers →
Indian summer
GRAMMAR: Patterns with summerin summer/in the summer• You use in summer or in the summer when saying that something happens at that time: · In summer we get six weeks’ vacation.· He worked as a lifeguard in the summer.last summer/this summer etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last summer: · We went to Italy last summer.✗Don’t say: We went to Italy in last summer.• You say this summer: · Do you plan to travel this summer?✗Don’t say: Do you plan to travel in this summer?• You say next summer: · We will graduate next summer.✗Don’t say: We will graduate in next summer.• You say that summer: · That summer she met Jeff.✗Don’t say: In that summer she met Jeff.COLLOCATIONSadjectiveshot· It had been a long hot summer.dry/wet· We’ve had a very dry summer.high summer (=the middle of summer)· In high summer, food was plentiful.early/late summer· In the late summer of 1931, Joe returned to Oxford.last/next summer· He visited Brittany last summer.summer + NOUNa summer holiday British English, a summer vacation American English· Where are you going for your summer holiday?a summer’s day/evening (also a summer day/evening)· It was a beautiful summer’s day.the summer months· The garden is open daily in the summer months.the summer season· The resort was crammed with holidaymakers for the whole of the summer season.the summer heat· Crowds of shoppers are sweltering in the summer heat.the summer sun· They lay on the beach, soaking up the summer sun.phrasesin/at the height of summer (=in the middle of summer)· Even in the height of summer, it’s cool in here.
summer1 noun
summer2 verb
summersummer2 verb [intransitive]
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to spend the summer in a particular place → winter
WDF
summer
[ˈsʌmə(r)]summered, summering, summers
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夏天(69%),夏季(27%),夏季的(3%),度过夏天(1%)
n.夏季;全盛时期
adj.夏季的
vi.避暑;过夏天
n.(Summer)人名;(德)祖默;(英)萨默
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