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autumn 音标拼音: ['ɔtəm]
n. 秋季,秋天;晚年,暮年 秋季,秋天;晚年,暮年 autumn n 1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [synonym: {fall}, {autumn}] Autumn \Au"tumn\, n. [L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See {Avarice}.] 1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the {fall}." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, according to Johnson, autumn popularly comprises August, September, and October. In the southern hemisphere, the autumn corresponds to our spring. [1913 Webster] 2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage. [1913 Webster] Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the duke's favor. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 29 Moby Thesaurus words for "autumn": aestival, arctic, autumnal, boreal, brumal, canicular, equinoctial, fall, harvest, harvest home, harvest time, hibernal, hiemal, midsummer, midwinter, out of season, seasonal, solstitial, spring, springlike, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, vernal, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry Herbst (m)
Herbst[Noun]
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