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♦ season /ˈsi:zn/n.1 stagione; tempo adatto (per qc.); tempo; periodo di tempo; epoca: the four seasons, le quattro stagioni; the strawberry season, la stagione delle fragole; the soccer season, la stagione calcistica; the rainy season, la stagione delle piogge; the dry season, nella stagione secca; growing season, stagione di crescita; nesting season, stagione dei nidi; l'epoca della nidificazione; (market., tur.) high season (o peak season) alta stagione; dead season (o off season) stagione morta; the London season, la stagione di Londra; il periodo delle feste, dei concerti, ecc. ( al principio dell'estate); the theatre season, la stagione teatrale; the harvest season, il periodo dei raccolti; la stagione delle messi; the mating season, la stagione degli amori; the festive season, le festività natalizie; il periodo delle feste; the hunting season, la stagione della caccia● ( sport) season best, il miglior risultato stagionale □ «Season's Greetings!», «Buone feste!» ( augurio prima di Natale) □ the season of good will (o cheer), il periodo natalizio □ season ticket, abbonamento; DIALOGO → - Discussing football- Do you still have a season ticket?, hai ancora l'abbonamento? □ season-ticket holder, abbonato □ ( di frutta) to come into season, diventare di stagione; maturare □ in season, (tur.) in alta stagione; ( di selvaggina) che si può cacciare; ( di frutta, ecc.) di stagione; ( della femmina di un animale) in calore □ in and out of season, in tutte le stagioni; (fig.) in ogni momento; a proposito e a sproposito □ in good season, per tempo; al momento giusto □ (market., tur.) low season, bassa stagione □ out of season, ( di frutta, ecc.) fuori stagione; (tur.) in bassa stagione; (fig.) intempestivo, a sproposito □ (giorn.) the silly season, la stagione ( estiva) in cui la stampa tratta soltanto argomenti frivoli.(to) season /ˈsi:zn/A v. t.1 ( cucina e fig.) condire; insaporire; rendere più gustoso (o piccante); dare sapore a ( cibi, conversazione, ecc.): to season a dish with capers, insaporire una pietanza con capperi; to season one's talk with humorous remarks, condire il proprio discorso con osservazioni umoristiche3 (spec. al passivo) acclimatare ( coloni, atleti, ecc.); addestrare; avvezzare; temprare: He was seasoned to the hard life of pioneers, era temprato alla dura vita dei pionieri4 (arc. o lett.) temperare; mitigare: justice seasoned by mercy, giustizia mitigata dalla misericordiaB v. i. -
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['meɪtɪŋ]nome accoppiamento m.* * *mating /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/n. [u]● (zool.) the mating season, la stagione degli amori.* * *['meɪtɪŋ]nome accoppiamento m.
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mating season — neveršingumo periodas statusas Aprobuotas sritis gyvulininkystė apibrėžtis Laikotarpis nuo karvės apsiveršiavimo iki naujo apvaisinimo. atitikmenys: angl. covering season; joining season; mating season; service period rus. cлучной период; сервис… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
mating season — noun A time of the year during which members of a certain species of animal tend to mate … Wiktionary
mating season — time of year when animals breed … English contemporary dictionary
The Mating Season — may refer to: In literature:* The Mating Season (novel), 1949 P. G. Wodehouse novel, featuring Jeeves and WoosterIn films and TV films:* The Mating Season (film) , 1951 screwball comedy with Gene Tierney, Thelma Ritter, and Miriam Hopkins * The… … Wikipedia
The Mating Season (film) — Infobox Film name = The Mating Season caption = French film poster director = Mitchell Leisen producer = Charles Brackett writer = Charles Brackett Richard Breen Walter Reisch Caesar Dunn (play) starring = Gene Tierney John Lund Miriam Hopkins… … Wikipedia
The Mating Season (novel) — The Mating Season is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the UK on September 9 1949 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the U.S. on November 29 1949 by Didier Co., New York. It stars Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves.PlotBertie… … Wikipedia
season — sea|son1 [ sizn ] noun *** ▸ 1 one of 4 periods of year ▸ 2 period sport is played ▸ 3 period for movies etc. ▸ 4 holiday/vacation period ▸ 5 period of wind/rain etc. ▸ 6 period plants grow etc. ▸ 7 period animals have sex ▸ 8 period event takes… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
season — I UK [ˈsiːz(ə)n] / US [ˈsɪz(ə)n] noun Word forms season : singular season plural seasons *** 1) [countable] one of the four periods into which the year is divided according to the weather She likes to paint the changing seasons in the garden. My… … English dictionary
season — 1. noun a) Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. You lack the season of all natures, sleep. b) A part of a year when something particular happens: mating season … Wiktionary
mating — mat|ing [ˈmeıtıŋ] n [U] sex between animals ▪ the mating season … Dictionary of contemporary English
mating — noun (U) sex between animals: the mating season … Longman dictionary of contemporary English