名詞 summer 的意思是夏天,但 “Indian summer” 的意思不是 “印度夏天”,而指早秋中回?zé)岬奶鞖?,俗稱 “秋老虎”。Indian summer 還可比喻人晚年幸福安寧的生活。
September is usually chilly, but this year we are having an Indian summer.
九月通常比較冷了,但今年我們可是遇上了一個(gè)秋老虎。
This Indian summer means that I don’t even need to wear a coat yet.
今年的這個(gè)秋老虎意味著到現(xiàn)在還不用穿外套。
He enjoyed a real Indian summer in the last years of his career as a footballer - that’s when he won the most trophies.
他在過去的幾年中迎來了自己足球事業(yè)的第二個(gè)春天,也是他獲得獎(jiǎng)杯數(shù)最多的日子。