Indian summer冬日回暖；愉快寧靜的晚年。這裡的Indian指的是北美的印第安人，而summer則是入秋後氣溫突然回升的幾天，緊接著又回到寒冷的天氣。這個短語除了指冬天裡突然回暖的那幾天，也「回"比喻晚年愉悅的生活。
看看老外聊天時怎麼用Indian summer：
Laura: My family and I went to visit my grandfather last week.
Harry: I remember you said he lives alone.
Laura: Yes. He bought a house by the lake and lives there.
Harry: Your grandfather is really something!
Laura: We are blessed that he is enjoying an Indian summer late in life.
蘿拉：我和家人上周去探望我的祖父了。
哈裡：我記得你說他一個人住？蘿拉：沒錯，他在湖邊買了一棟房子，住在那裡。
哈裡：你的祖父真了不起！
蘿拉：看到他能安享晚年，我們都很高興。
Indian summer例句精選：
We had a splendid Indian summer last October.
去年十月，我們度過了一個十分美妙的小陽春。
Much as I love this Indian Summer, I wish we had this warm weather in the summer rather than in October.
儘管我很喜歡秋天末溫暖的天氣，我更希望夏天也能有這個溫度而不是十月份。
I had to take my holiday late but fortunately we had an Indian summer and the weather was splendid.
我只得晚些休假，不過幸運的是那次的深秋初冬風和日麗，天氣不錯。
Not all autumn days are cool and crisp. In late autumn, there is a warm, gentle time known as Indian summer.
並非所有的秋日，都涼爽而清新。深秋時節，有一段風和日麗的時間，叫小陽春。
拓展學習：
retirement 退休
tranquil 安寧的
garner 儲入穀倉
reap 收割
dog days 三伏天
come rain or shine 無論如何
chase rainbows 徒勞