canicular

英 [kə'nɪkjʊlə] 美 [kə'nɪkjələ]

• n. 天狼星的；(每年七八月)酷暑期的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. of or relating to the dog days of summer;

   "the canicular heat of the Deep South"
   

2. relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star);

   "canicular days"
   

经典引文

• The dry earth pants against the canicular heat.

  出自： E. Pound