autumn
US: /ˈɔtəm/
UK: /ˈɔːtʌm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
autumn /'ɔ:təm/- danh từ
- mùa thu
- (nghĩa bóng) thời xế chiều (thời kỳ bắt đầu suy tàn)
Advanced English dictionary
(especially BrE) (AmE usually fall) noun [U, C] the season of the year between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes colder: in the autumn of 1995 + in early / late autumn + the autumn term (= for example at a school or college in Britain) + autumn colours / leaves + It's been a very mild autumn this year.Collocation
ADJ.
last, next, this (coming) | early, late, mid- | wet
AUTUMN + NOUN
weather | sun, sunlight, sunshine | frost/frosts, rain/rains | gale, wind | landscape, sky | colours
The trees were beginning to turn orange and yellow with autumn colours.
| leaf
the sound of autumn leaves rustling
| equinox | term
classes to be held for schoolchildren during the autumn term
| collection, exhibition
their autumn collection of dresses
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.
Concise dictionary
autumns'ɔːtəmnoun
+the season when the leaves fall from the trees
