1 N-COUNT 季;季节;时节 The seasons are the main periods into which a year can be divided and which each have their own typical weather conditions. 季;季节;时节
2 N-COUNT [usually singular] (一年中某项活动或某一事件发生的)节期,时期 You can use season to refer to the period during each year when a particular activity or event takes place. For example, the planting season is the period when a particular plant or crop is planted. (一年中某项活动或某一事件发生的)节期,时期
SYN period, time, term, spell
3 N-COUNT [n NOUN, oft in/out of N] (水果、蔬菜等的)当令期,上市期 You can use season to refer to the period when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is ready for eating and is widely available. (水果、蔬菜等的)当令期,上市期
4 N-COUNT [usually singular] (体育项目的)赛季 You can use season to refer to a fixed period during each year when a particular sport is played. (体育项目的)赛季
5 N-COUNT (戏剧、表演的)上演期,会演期,献演期 A season is a period in which a play or show, or a series of plays or shows, is performed in one place. (戏剧、表演的)上演期,会演期,献演期
6 N-COUNT [usually singular] (一系列相关影片的)上映期 A season of films is several of them shown as a series because they are connected in some way. (一系列相关影片的)上映期
7 N-COUNT [usually singular] [oft in/out of N] 度假旺季;法定假期 The holiday or vacation season is the time when most people have their holiday. 度假旺季;法定假期
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...the peak holiday season.
休假高峰期
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There are discos and clubs but these are often closed out of season.
那里有迪斯科舞厅和夜总会,但是通常只在度假旺季营业。
8 VERB 给…调味;加味于 If you season food with salt, pepper, or spices, you add them to it in order to improve its flavour. 给…调味;加味于
SYN flavour, salt, spice, lace
9 VERB [usually passive] 对(木材)作干燥处理;风干,晒干(木材) If wood is seasoned, it is made suitable for making into furniture or for burning, usually by being allowed to dry out gradually. 对(木材)作干燥处理;风干,晒干(木材)
SYN mature, age, condition, prime
10 See also: seasoned seasoning
11 PHRASE (雌性动物)处于发情期 If a female animal is in season, she is in a state where she is ready to have sex. (雌性动物)处于发情期
SYN available, on the market, obtainable, on offer
Quotations
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven Bible: Ecclesiastes
Summer has set in with its usual severity Samuel Taylor Coleridge
summer afternoon - summer afternoon. the two most beautiful words in the English language Henry James
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate William Shakespeare Sonnets
season of mists and mellow fruitfulness John Keats To Autumn
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind
in the bleak mid-winter Christina Rosetti Mid-Winter
the English winter - ending in July to recommence in August Lord Byron
In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love Alfred, Lord Tennyson Locksley Hall
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