season
US: /ˈsizən/
UK: /sˈiːzən/
UK: /sˈiːzən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
season /'si:zn/
- danh từ
- mùa (trong năm)
- the four seasons: bốn mùa
- the dry season: mùa khô
- the rainy: season mùa mưa
- thời cơ, lúc mùa, vụ, thời gian hoạt động mạnh
- a word in season: lời nói đúng lúc
- to be out of season: hết mùa
- the Parisian season: thời gian có nhiều hoạt động (văn nghệ, xã giao, tham quan...) ở Pa-ri
- hunting season: mùa săn
- harvest season: mùa gặt
- một thời gian
- this jacket may still endure for a season: cái áo này còn có thể chịu đựng được một thời gian
- mùa (trong năm)
- động từ
- luyện tập cho quen (với thời tiết, nắng gió...); làm dày dạn; làm cho thích hợp để sử dụng
- to season somebody to the hard life: làm cho ai dày dạn với cuộc sống gian khổ
- to season a pipe: làm cho tẩu đóng cao (để hút cho ngon)
- has this wood been well seasoned?: gỗ này đã thật khô chưa
- cho gia vị (vào thức ăn); thêm mắm thêm muối
- conversation was seasoned with humour: câu chuyện được những câu hài hước làm thêm mặn mà
- highly seasoned dishes: những món ăn có nhiều gia vị
- làm dịu bớt, làm nhẹ bớt, làm đỡ gay gắt
- let mercy season justice: hãy lấy tình thương mà làm giảm nhẹ công lý
- luyện tập cho quen (với thời tiết, nắng gió...); làm dày dạn; làm cho thích hợp để sử dụng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 any of the four main periods of the year: spring, summer, autumn/fall and winter:
the changing seasons
2 the dry / rainy / wet ~ a period of the year in tropical countries when it is either very dry or it rains a lot
3 a period of time during a year when a particular activity happens or is done: the cricket / hunting / shooting season + He scored his first goal of the season on Saturday. + The female changes colour during the breeding season. + The hotels are always full during the peak season (= when most people are on holiday / vacation). + (BrE) the holiday season + (AmE) the tourist season + (AmE) the holiday season (= the time of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year) + (BrE) the festive season (= Christmas)
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4 a period of time in which a play is shown in one place; a series of plays, films/movies or television programmes: The play opens for a second season in London next week. + a season of films by Alfred Hitchcock
5 a period of time during one year when a particular style of clothes, hair, etc. is popular and fashionable: This season's look is soft and romantic.
Idioms: in season
1 (of fruit or vegetables) easily available and ready to eat because it is the right time of year for them: Strawberries are now in season.
2 (of a female animal) ready to MATE
out of season
1 (of fruit or vegetables) not easily available because it is not the right time of year for them
2 at the times of year when few people go on holiday/vacation: Hotels are cheaper out of season.
season's greetings (written) used as a greeting at Christmas
+ verb
~ sth (with sth) to add salt, pepper, etc. to food in order to give it more flavour: [VN] Season the lamb with garlic and rosemary. + [V] Add the mushrooms and onions, and season to taste (= add as much salt, pepper, etc. as you think is necessary).
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 time, period, occasion, opportunity:
This is the season when the birds migrate north. Is the silly season upon us again so soon?
2 in season. ripe, ready, edible, seasoned, seasonable, available:
Fresh strawberries will be in season soon.
v.
3 spice, salt, flavour, pep up, enliven:
One of the great things about chicken is that you can season it in many different ways
4 ripen, mature, age, condition, mellow:
The wood should be well seasoned before being made into furniture.
Collocation dictionary
1 of the year
ADJ.
dry, monsoon, rainy, wet
In this climate there are no real changes of temperature, just a wet and a dry season.
| summer, winter, etc.
VERB + SEASON
be in, come into
Melons are just coming into season.
| be out of, go out of
2 period when an activity takes place
ADJ.
holiday, tourist | high, peak
The resort gets overcrowded in peak season.
| low, off
The hotel is almost empty in the off season.
| breeding, mating | growing, planting | lambing | cricket, football, hunting, racing, etc. | championship, league | gruelling, hard
It was the final race of a hard season.
| successful | disappointing, disastrous | close
The team trained hard during the close season and won its first five matches.
| consecutive, successive
Our team won the trophy for the second successive season.
| Christmas, festive
best wishes for the festive season
SEASON + NOUN
ticket
Season ticket holders do not have to queue.
PHRASES
the height of the season
SEASON:
have ~
Perhaps we will have a good summer this year.
spend
summer/winterI spent the winter indoors.
~ approach
The days become shorter and temperatures drop as autumn approaches.
~ arrive, begin, come
Autumn arrived early that year.
winter
sets in
The aid must reach the refugees before winter sets in.
summer/winter
pass, wear on, (come to an) end
As the summer wore on food became scarce.
~ months
summer/winter
period
spring/summer/winter
time (
also
springtime, etc.)
The museum is open daily during the summer months. It was springtime and the slopes were ablaze with almond blossoms.
~ day/morning/night, etc.
It's hard to sleep on hot summer nights.
during/in (the) ~
The wood is carpeted with bluebells in spring.
over the
summer/winterThe repairs will be carried out over the summer.
through/throughout (the) ~
The meat is salted so it keeps through the winter.
for (the) ~
She's gone to Ireland for the summer.
the ~ of 2001, etc.
The winter of 2001 was especially cold.
a summer's/winter's day/morning/night, etc.
a lazy summer's day
all summer/winter long
It rained all summer long.
the height of summer the depths of winter
He always wore a short-sleeved shirt, even in the depths of winter.
ADV.
well
PREP.
with
Season the meat well with salt and pepper.
PHRASES
highly seasoned
highly seasoned food
Concise English dictionary
seasons|seasoned|seasoning'sɪːzn
noun
+a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
+one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
+a recurrent time marked by major holidays
verb
+lend flavor to
+make fit
+make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
