year-rounder

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who lives in a place throughout the year (as opposed to a seasonal vacationer).
    — 1921, The Literary Digest, Volume 69, 30 April, 1921, “Nantucket’s Losing Fight against the Motor-Car,” p. 48, Next “season” this order [banning cars] was modified to cover only the summer months—a safe enough proviso, since no year-rounder had descended to interest in motor-driven vehicles.
  2. Something suitable for use throughout the year.
    — Herbs have their season, they sing of spring! The onion is an all-year-rounder, but in winter, above all, it is a little of the earth’s springtime preserved in its fleshy bulb.

词形变化

year-rounders plural all-the-year-rounder alternative all-year-rounder alternative

词源

From year-round + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational suffix).
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