名複: days
day
KK:[dе] DJ:[dеi]
n.
- 一天（24小時），日[C]--"What day is today?" --"It's Monday."
—"今天星期幾？" —"今天星期一。"
- 白晝，白天；黎明[C][U]He is seldom at home during the day.
他白天很少在家。
- 工作日[C]We work an 8-hour day.
我們一天工作八小時。
- 時代，時期[P1]I still remember my student days.
我仍然記得我的學生時代。
- （常與his, their等連用）成名時期，全盛時期[S]She was a beauty in her day.
她年輕時是個美人。
- 競賽，戰鬥，勝利[the S]The debate was over; our side won the day.
辯論結束了；我方獲勝。
- （常大寫）特定日，節日Christmas Day is the 25th of December.
耶誕節是十二月二十五日。
- 一生；生涯[P]
片語
day off
- 休息日She took a day off.
她請了一天假。
rainy day
- 艱難時刻He put away some money for a rainy day.
他儲蓄一些錢以防不測。
before day
- 天亮前We'll have to finish the work before day.
我們要在天亮前完成這項工作。
be sb.'s day
- 是某人走運之日It just wasn't my day yesterday.
昨天我真倒霉。
by day
- 白天They travelled by day and stayed at hotels by night.
他們白天行路，晚上在旅館過夜。
by the day
- 按日He got paid by the day.
他按日取酬。
call it a day
- 結束一天的工作Let's call it a day
今天就到此為止。
day after day
- 日復一日He was doing the same thing day after day.
他天天做同樣的事。
day and night
- 日日夜夜I will sit by her bedside day and night.
我會日夜守在她的床邊。
day by day
- 一天天She is getting better day by day.
她的健康狀況一天天好起來。
day in, day out
- 日復一日Day in, day out, the food was the same.
食物天天都是一個樣。
every other day
- 每隔一天We will meet every other day.
我們將每隔一天會面。
from day to day
- 天天From day to day the town changes.
這座城鎮的面貌天天在發生變化。
have seen/known better days
- 曾有過富裕成功的日子Old Sam is poor now, but he has seen better days.
老山姆現在很潦倒，可他以前曾風光過。
of the day
- 當代的；當時的These are questions of the day.
這些是時事問題。
one day
- （過去）某一天；（將來）有一天He'll come to realize it one day.
他總有一天會懂得這一點。
some day
- 總有一天We will meet again some day.
後會有期。
the day after tomorrow
- 後天If today is Tuesday, the day after tomorrow will be Thursday.
假如今天是星期二，後天就是星期四。
the day before yesterday
- 前天If today is Friday, the day before yesterday was Wednesday.
假如今天是星期五，前天就是星期三。
the good old days
- 過去的好時光My grandmother always talks about the good old days when she was young.
我祖母總是談論她年輕時的好時光。
the other day
- 不久前某一天I saw David at the bank the other day.
幾天前我在銀行見到過大衛。
to a/the day
- 一天也不差；恰好It's 5 years to the day.
恰好五年整。
to this day
- 至今To this day Peter won't eat peas.
彼得至今還是不肯吃豌豆。
辨析
同義:
n.白天
daylight daytime light of day broad daylight full sun sunlight light sunn.一天（日）
twenty-four hours mean solar day solar day sun sunup to sundownn.節日
feast day holy day saint's day natal day jubilee fete holiday red-letter dayn.時期，年代
period time age era generation epochn.盛時
date point of time point in time set time particular day appointed time反義:
n.「白天」的反義字
night同義參見:
date1以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a twenty-four-hour period as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis. ▸the time between sunrise and sunset.▸Astronomy a single rotation of a planet in relation to its primary.
- a particular period of the past:the laws were very strict in those days.▸ (the day) the present time.▸ (days) a particular period in a person's life:my student days.▸ (one's day) the successful or influential period of a person's life.
adj.
working or done during the day.Phrase
- all in a day's work
part of someone's normal routine. - any day
informal at any time.▸under any circumstances. - call it a day
decide to stop doing something. - day and night
all the time. - day by day
gradually and steadily. - day in, day out
continuously or repeatedly over a long period. - day of reckoning
a testing time when the degree of one's success or failure will be revealed. [with allusion to Judgement Day.] - day to day
- happening on a daily basis.
- involving everyday routine.
- one day
(or some day or one of these days)
at some future time. - one of those days
a day when things go badly. - that will be the day
informal that is very unlikely. - these days
at present.
Etymology
OE dæg, of Gmc origin; rel. to Ger. Tag.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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