プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ころ【×頃】
1 〔時節，時期〕(the) time
- ころは8月，夏のさなかであった
It was August, just at the height of summer. - あのころは
in those days - そのころまでには
by that time - 毎年このころに
at this time of the year - 桜のころに
in the cherry blossom season／when the cherry blossoms are in bloom - まだ若いころに
when I was still young - 彼はもう家に戻っているころだ
He should have arrived home by now.
2 〔およそ〕⇒－ごろ(－頃)
－ごろ【－×頃】
- 1時ごろ
about one o'clock - 4月半ばごろ
around mid-April - 会の終わりごろに
toward (s) the end of the party - 今ごろ
⇒見出し語 - 今がかきの食べごろだ
This is the best season for oysters.／Oysters are now at their best.