solstice
noun /ˈsɒlstɪs/
/ˈsɑːlstɪs/
- either of the two times of the year at which the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky in the middle of the day, marked by the longest and shortest days
至（点）；（夏或冬）至 - the summer/winter solstice
夏至；冬至
WordfinderTopics Timec1- daylight
- eclipse
- equinox
- ray
- rise
- solar
- solstice
- the sun
- twilight
- the universe
Collocations DictionarySolstice is used after these nouns:- summer
- winter
词源Middle English: from Old French, from Latin solstitium, from sol ‘sun’ + stit- ‘stopped, stationary’ (from the verb sistere). - the summer/winter solstice