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名词 summer 的意思是夏天,但 “Indian summer” 的意思不是 “印度夏天”,而指早秋中回热的天气,俗称 “秋老虎”。Indian summer 还可比喻人晚年幸福安宁的生活。
例句
九月通常比较冷了,但今年我们可是遇上了一个秋老虎。
This Indian summer means that I don't even need to wear a coat yet.
今年的这个秋老虎意味着到现在还不用穿外套。
He enjoyed a real Indian summer in the last years of his career as a footballer - that's when he won the most trophies2.
他在过去的几年中迎来了自己足球事业的第二个春天,也是他获得奖杯数最多的日子。
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