sundowner

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An itinerant worker, such as a swagman, who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily accepts food and lodging. Australia,obsolete
    — What he saw was not usual in this part of Australia - a sundowner, a bush waif who tramps from north to south or from east to west, never working, cadging rations from the far-flung homesteads and having the ability of the camel to do without water, or find it.
  2. An itinerant worker, a swagman. Australia,obsolete
  3. A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.
    — Arrogant, aloof, and suspicious, a “sundowner,” or strict disciplinarian, King inspired respect in many but affection in few.
  4. A patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening. colloquial
    — These patients may improve by day only to relapse at night (nocturnal delirium or sundowner's syndrome).
  5. A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day. Africa,Southern,especially
    — The cocktail, the universal “sherry and bitters” and sundowner will have to be retained.
  6. A cocktail party held in the early evening.
    — The Sundowner is basically a cocktail party with a buffet on a riverbank in the bush.
  7. A physician employed by the government who practises for private fees after his official hours.
  8. Any worker who practises for private fees after official hours.
    — These "sundowners" hold jobs in other — usually related — trades, and do their servicing nights and weekends.
  9. A northerly offshore wind which occurs in California along the southern Pacific slope of Santa Ynez Mountains when a region of high pressure is north of the area (the coast of which trends east to west), often preceding or following a Santa Ana and typically occurring at night and ceasing during the day (hence the name).
    — […] Sundowners originate as a high pressure nudges onto the coast of San Luis […]

词形变化

sundowners plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sundowner syndrome sundowner town

词源

Etymology tree
English sundown
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sundowner
From sundown + -er.
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