n.
- 一天（24小時），日[C]
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--"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]
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He is seldom at home during the
day.
他白天很少在家。
- 工作日[C]
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We work an 8-hour
day.
我們一天工作八小時。
- 時代，時期[P1]
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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]
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She was a beauty in her
day.
她年輕時是個美人。
- 競賽，戰鬥，勝利[the S]
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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
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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
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She took a
day off.
她請了一天假。
rainy day
- 艱難時刻
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He put away some money for a
rainy day.
他儲蓄一些錢以防不測。
before day
- 天亮前
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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
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It just
wasn't
my day yesterday.
昨天我真倒霉。
by day
- 白天
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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
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He got paid
by the day.
他按日取酬。
call it a day
- 結束一天的工作
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Let's
call it a day今天就到此為止。
day after day
- 日復一日
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He was doing the same thing
day after day.
他天天做同樣的事。
day and night
- 日日夜夜
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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
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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
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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
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We will meet
every other day.
我們將每隔一天會面。
from day to day
- 天天
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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
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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
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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
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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
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We will meet again
some day.
後會有期。
the day after tomorrow
- 後天
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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
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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
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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
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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
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It's 5 years
to the day.
恰好五年整。
to this day
- 至今
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To this day Peter won't eat peas.
彼得至今還是不肯吃豌豆。
辨析
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:
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the laws were very strict in those days.
▸
(the day)
the present time.
▸
(
days)
a particular period in a person's life:
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my student days.
▸
(one's day)
the successful or influential period of a person's life.
adj.
working or done during the day.
Phrase
Etymology
OE dæg, of Gmc origin; rel. to Ger. Tag.
