midsummer
英[m?d's?m?]
美[,m?d's?m?]
- n. 仲夏；盛夏；夏至
- adj. 仲夏的
中文詞源
midsummer 仲夏，中夏
mid-,中間的，summer,夏天。
Midsummer ’s Day 施洗約翰節（6月24日）即仲夏節，同時也為“施洗者約翰”的節日。參照百度百科。
英文詞源
- midsummer (n.)
- Old English midsumor, from mid + sumor "summer" (see summer (n.1)). Midsummer Day, as an English quarter-day, was June 24. Astronomically June 21, but traditionally reckoned in Europe on the night of June 23-24.
雙語例句
- 1. In midsummer every town is impossibly crowded.
- 仲夏時節，每個城市都出奇地擁擠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was a lovely midsummer morning.
- 這是一個怡人的仲夏清晨。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Trying to sell overcoats in midsummer is a real mug's game.
- 大夏天推銷大衣,真是白費力氣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It is particularly difficult to bear up against the midsummer heat.
- 仲夏酷暑尤其令人難熬.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The old aged cannot bear up against the midsummer heat this year.
- 老年人不勝忍受今年的仲夏酷暑.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》