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  • Derivatives : adj  autumnal ; adv  autumnally
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

autumn ['ɔːtəm]
  1. 1. noun [BRIT] [c/u] 秋季[美 = fall]
    in (the) autumn
    秋季

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

autumn [ˈɔːtəm]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] [American English] 秋天秋季
    Trees can drop vast quantities of leaves in autumn.
    树木秋天大量落叶
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 奥特姆
  3. 3. n.[u] [Figurative] 暮年,渐衰期

Collins English-English Dictionary

autumn ['ɔːtəm]
  1. 1. n [sometimes capital] fall the season of the year between summer and winter, astronomically from the September equinox to the December solstice in the N hemisphere and from the March equinox to the June solstice in the S hemisphere
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    autumn leaves
  3. 3. n a period of late maturity, esp one followed by a decline
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C14: from Latin autumnus, perhaps of Etruscan origin

Examples

The best season to travel Japan is Autumn, not hot nor too cold.
到日本旅游的最佳季节是秋天,不冷也不热。
My birthday is in Autumn but I'd like it to be in Summer.
我的生日在秋天,但我希望是在夏天。
in (the) autumn
在秋季
The trees shed their leaves every autumn.
这些树每年秋天都落叶。
The autumn harvest accounts for 70% of the annual grain production.
秋收占了一年粮食收成的70%。

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