the warmest season of the year, coming between spring and autumn 夏天；夏季 - in the summer
We're going away in the summer. 夏天我们要外出。 in the summer of 2019 在 2009 年夏季 this/next/last summer 今年／下一个／上一个夏天 two summers ago 两年前 - in summer
It's very hot here in summer. 这里夏天很热。 late/early summer 夏末；初夏 It is now high summer (= the hottest part of summer). 正值盛夏。 - during the summer
during the long hot summer 在漫长炎热的夏天 a cool/wet summer 凉爽/潮湿的夏天 - over the summer
I managed to get six weeks' work over the summer. 整个夏天我设法得到了六周的工作。 - throughout the summer
Sales will take place throughout the spring and summer. 销售将在整个春季和夏季进行。 a summer’s day 夏日 She was wearing a light summer dress. 她穿着一件浅色的夏装。 The house is now open to the public during the summer months. 这座房子现在在夏季对公众开放。 the summer holidays/vacation/break 暑假/假期/假期 We're at the height of summer travel season. 我们正处于夏季旅游旺季。 Are you looking for a summer job? 你在找暑期工作吗？
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1Seville is scorching in high summer. 塞维尔的盛夏酷热难当。 There are two new courses being run in the summer term. 夏季学期将开设两门新课。 Insect populations reach high levels during the summer. 昆虫数量在夏季达到很高水平。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
- this past
- the following
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- heat
- temperature
- weather
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Word OriginOld English sumor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zomer, German Sommer, also to Sanskrit samā ‘year’.- in the summer
Idioms
one swallow doesn’t make a summer
- (saying)
you must not take too seriously a small sign that something is happening or will happen in the future, because the situation could change 别略有好事就以为佳时已到；好事可能纯属偶然；一燕不成夏（不能单凭微小的迹象而下定论）