season

noun

/ˈsiːzn/

Idioms

any of the four main periods of the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter季；季节
- the changing seasons四时更迭
- Autumn is my favourite season. 我最喜爱秋季。
see also growing seasonTopics Timea2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dry
- hurricane
- monsoon
- …
verb + season
- be in
- come into
- be out of
- …
the dry/rainy/wet season a period of the year in tropical countries when it is either very dry or it rains a lot（热带地区的）旱季，雨季
- In this climate there are no real changes of temperature, just a wet and a dry season.在这种气候区，温度没有太大的变化，只有雨季和旱季之分。
- Next month is the start of the rainy season.下个月是雨季的开始。
Topics Timea2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dry
- hurricane
- monsoon
- …
verb + season
- be in
- come into
- be out of
- …
a period of time during a year when a particular activity happens or is done（一年中开展某项活动的）季节，旺季
- the cricket/football/hunting/shooting season板球/足球/狩猎/射击季节
- He scored his first goal of the season on Saturday.他在星期六的比赛中攻进了他在本赛季的第一个球。
- They achieved their first win of the season.他们取得了本赛季的第一场胜利。
- He will not be offered a new contract at the end of the season. 赛季结束时，他不会得到新的合同。
- The team have had a dream start to the season.这个队有一个梦幻般的赛季开局。
- The female changes colour during the breeding season.在繁殖季节，雌性改变身上的颜色。
- The growing season for these trees varies depending on species. 这些树的生长季节因物种而异。
- We're in the middle of the roughest hurricane season we've seen in quite some time.我们正处于相当长时间以来最恶劣的飓风季节。
- The hotels are always full during the peak season (= when most people are on holiday).在旺季，这些旅馆总是客满。
- (British English) the holiday season度假旺季
- (especially North American English) the tourist season旅游旺季
- (North American English) the holiday season (= the time of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year)节假日期间（包括感恩节、犹太教修殿节、圣诞节和新年）
- (British English) the festive season (= Christmas and New Year)圣诞节节期（即圣诞节和新年）
- the summer blockbuster season 夏季大片季节
see also close season, high season, low season, marching season, off season, open season, silly seasonTopics Timeb1
- She scored her first goal of the season on Saturday.她在星期六的比赛中打进了她在本赛季的第一个球。
- We opened the season with five straight losses.我们在赛季一开始便连续输了 5 场球。
- This year's flu season has been relatively mild.今年的流感高发期相对比较温和。
- They played against the Celtics in the season opener.他们在本赛季的首场比赛中遭遇了凯尔特人队。
- The resort gets overcrowded in peak season.这个旅游景点一到旺季就人满为患。
- The party conference season gets under way this week.该党派的会议期本周开始。
- The Senator has led in the polls for most of the primary season.那位参议员在多数初期选举的民意测验中排名领先。
- The Patriots won their last 12 games in the regular season.爱国者队在常规赛季中打赢了最后 12 场比赛。
- The Denver Broncos' inaugural season was 1960.丹佛野马队在 1960 年开始其首个赛季的比赛。
- Our team won the trophy for the second successive season.我们队连续两个赛季获得冠军。
- It was the final race of a hard season.那是这个艰难赛季的最后一场比赛。
- I wished everyone a very happy holiday season.我祝大家假期快乐！
- He played a full season for West Ham.他为西汉姆联队打完了整个赛季。
- He is busily preparing for the coming season.他正忙着为即将到来的赛季做准备。
- He entered the season with 173 wins.他进入赛季时已获得 173 场胜利。
- Decker played nine major league seasons.德克尔打了 9 个大联盟赛季比赛。
- He hurt his knee, so he was out the rest of the season. 他伤了膝盖，所以本赛季剩下的时间都没有上场。
- They finished the season unbeaten.他们以不败结束了这个赛季。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- baseball
- cricket
- football
- …
verb + season
- begin
- open
- start
- …
season + verb
- begin
- kick off
- start
- …
season + noun
- ticket
- opener
a period of time in which a play is shown in one place; a series of plays, films or television programmes（一部戏剧在某地的）演出期，上演期；（戏剧、电影或电视节目的）一季，演播季
- The play opens for a second season in London next week.下周，这部剧将在伦敦开始第二轮演出。
- a season of films by Alfred Hitchcock希区柯克电影作品展
a period of time during one year when a particular style of clothes, hair, etc. is popular and fashionable（一年中时装、发型等的）流行期
- This season's look is soft and romantic.这段时间的流行风格是柔和、浪漫。
- The fashion magazines are full of the new look for the spring season.时尚杂志充斥着春季的新造型。
(especially North American English) a set of television or radio programmes that have the same characters or deal with the same subject季节：一组具有相同字符或处理相同主题
synonym series (1)
- The show begins its second season next week.该剧下周开始第二季。
- I binge-watched an entire season of ‘Mad Men’ (= watched all of the episodes on one occasion) on Sunday.周日，我狂看了整整一季的《广告狂人》。
- I can't wait to see the season finale (= last episode in the season).我等不及要看这一季的最后一集了。
- the season opener (= the first episode in the season)赛季的首场比赛

词源Middle English: from Old French seson, from Latin satio(n-) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’, from the root of serere ‘to sow’.

Idioms

be in season | come into season

(of fruit or vegetables水果、蔬菜) be/become easily available and ready to eat because it is the right time of year for them当令的；在旺季的
- Strawberries are now in season.现在草莓正当时。
- Melons are just coming into season.甜瓜刚刚开始上市。
(of a female animal雌性动物) be/become ready to have sex and produce young处于发情期 synonym on heat

out of season

(of fruit or vegetables水果、蔬菜) not easily available because it is not the right time of year for them不合时令的；在淡季的
- Lobster's out of season right now.现在已过了吃龙虾的时令。
at the times of year when few people go on holiday度假淡季；旅游淡季
- Hotels are cheaper out of season.在淡季，旅馆要便宜些。

season’s greetings

used during the Christmas period to wish somebody a pleasant holiday圣诞快乐（圣诞节祝贺语）