Season

(noun.) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; 'the regular sequence of the seasons'.

(noun.) a recurrent time marked by major holidays; 'it was the Christmas season'.

(noun.) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; 'he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company'; 'she always looked forward to the avocado season'.

(verb.) make fit; 'This trip will season even the hardiest traveller'.

(verb.) lend flavor to; 'Season the chicken breast after roasting it'.

整理:马提

• It's the best joke of the season, isn't it? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The system thus entered on, I pursued during the whole season of probation; and with the best success. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They have all, after a short season of promise, dropped out of notice; and the only one that is still in the field, struggling for superiority, is the air engine. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Miss Ophelia shut her mouth for a season. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• This consisted of every rare delicacy, in and out of season. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Well, said Haley, after they had both silently picked their nuts for a season, what do you say? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It was rather a cool evening for the season of the year, and the gentleman drew his chair aside to afford the new-comer a sight of the fire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Let us help each other through seasons of want and woe as well as we can, without heeding in the least the scruples of vain philosophy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was not very wise; but he was a man about town, and had seen several seasons. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Hence the air of gusts and hurricanes is cold, though in hot climates and seasons; it coming from above. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• No one had ever carried the hay away and the four seasons that had passed had flattened the cocks and made the hay worthless. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Last of all they will conclude:--This is he who gives us the year and the seasons, and is the author of all that we see. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• A good rice field is a bog at all seasons, and at one season a bog covered with water. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It must be played--in went the yearned-for seasoning--thus favoured, I played it with relish. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Oh, I know--Gerty's a trump, and worth all the rest of us put together; but A LA LONGUE you're used to a little higher seasoning, aren't you, dear? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• They knew how to sweat, dry, and smoke the skins, and this crude seasoning process was the forerunner of modern tanning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• After seasoning, the balls are smoothed with shagreen and polished. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Pulverous particles got into the dishes, and Society's meats had a seasoning of first-rate footmen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The thin seasoning on the surface seems to act as a shell which keeps raw the substance underneath. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She hated him for the seasoned, semi-paternal animalism with which he regarded her, but she admired his weight of strength. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The machine made what was called peg wood, a long ribbon strip of seasoned wood, sharpened on one edge and designed to be fed into the machine for pegging shoes. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Charley seasoned his admiration with criticism of the gentlest kind, for the touch of Eustacia's hand yet remained with him. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He was so well seasoned, that it was mere child's play. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Five thousand strong we were, all seasoned fighting-men of the most warlike race of the red men of Barsoom. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• They are then shipped to a factory where they are seasoned, being kiln dried. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

编辑:玛杰里