Autumnal
[ɔː'tʌmn(ə)l] or [ɔ'tʌmnəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; 'the autumnal equinox'; 'autumnal fruits' .
(adj.) characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; 'a serene autumnal mood' .
整理:雷蒙德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
(a.) Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
手打:马吉
例句/造句/用法:
- The Babylonian astr onomers also observed that the successive vernal (or autumnal) equinoxes follow each other at intervals of a few seconds less than a year. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Not a pleasant symptom to remark, be it what it might, at dear Lady Verinder's age, and with dear Lady Verinder's autumnal exuberance of figure. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The next evening therefore, though the autumnal change had brought on cold and rain, Adrian and Idris entered my cottage. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She stood silent, gazing away from him down the autumnal stretch of the deserted lane. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The aspect of the country had so far changed, that it had been impossible to enter on the task of sowing seed, and other autumnal labours. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
手打:马吉