资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather
      frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and
      the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St.
      Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It
      corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak.
      --Whittier.

   {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}.

   {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the
      death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron
      saint of Ireland.

   {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {John Dory}, under
      {John}.

   {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as
      {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans},
      etc.

   {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[ae]a
      ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered
      with clusters of small white blossoms in spring.

   {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}.

   {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the
      supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.

Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin
   to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. &
   Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr.
   sam[=a] year. [root]292.]
   The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly
   upon any region; the warmest period of the year.

   Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to
         include the months of June, July, and August.
         Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern
         hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about
         June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about
         September 22d.

   {Indian summer}, in North America, a period of warm weather
      late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and
      by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere,
      especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably
      from the custom of the Indians of using this time in
      preparation for winter by laying in stores of food.

   {Saint Martin's summer}. See under {Saint}.

   {Summer bird} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Summer colt}, the undulating state of the air near the
      surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.]

   {Summer complaint} (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal
      disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by
      heat and indigestion.

   {Summer coot} (Zo["o]l.), the American gallinule. [Local,
      U.S.]

   {Summer cypress} (Bot.), an annual plant ({Kochia Scoparia})
      of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded
      leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.

   {Summer duck}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The wood duck.
   (b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of {Wood duck},
       under {Wood}.

   {Summer fallow}, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the
      summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
      

   {Summer rash} (Med.), prickly heat. See under {Prickly}.

   {Summer sheldrake} (Zo["o]l.), the hooded merganser. [Local,
      U.S.]

   {Summer snipe}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The dunlin.
   (b) The common European sandpiper.
   (c) The green sandpiper.

   {Summer tanager} (Zo["o]l.), a singing bird ({Piranga rubra})
      native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male
      is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and
      yellow beneath. Called also {summer redbird}.

   {Summer teal} (Zo["o]l.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]
      

   {Summer wheat}, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures
      during the summer following. See {Spring wheat}.

   {Summer yellowbird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Yellowbird}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Saint Martin's summer
     n : a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn [syn: {Indian
         summer}]