day
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week. (一周中的) 一天
And it has snowed almost every day for the past week. 而且過去的一周幾乎每天都在下雪。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days. 時期
He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day. 他開始談論他叔叔那個年代的烏尅蘭。
...his early days of struggle and deep poverty. …他早年的奮鬭和極度窮睏時期。
3. it is early days→see early
4. at the end of the day→see end
5. the good old days→see old
6. N-VAR Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things. 白天
Twenty-seven million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness. 由於工傷事故和疾病,每年損失掉2700萬個工作日。
She gives herself one day a week off, on Thursdays. 她每周放自己一天假,在星期四。
7. N-COUNT the period of time, the solar day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to the sun. The mean solar day is the average length of the apparent solar day and is some four minutes (3 minutes 56.5 seconds of sidereal time) longer than the sidereal day 太陽日
8. N-COUNT the period of time, the sidereal day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to a particular star. The mean sidereal day lasts 23 hours 56 minutes 4.1 seconds of the mean solar day 恒星日
9. PHRASE If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping. 日複一日
The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day. 這份報業的工作讓我日複一日地做同一件事情。
10. PHRASE If you say that something happens day in, day out or day in and day out, you mean that it happens regularly over a long period of time. 天天[v PHR]
I used to drink coffee day in, day out. 過去我每天喝咖啡。
11. PHRASE In this day and age means in modern times. 在現代
Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist. 即使在今天,一些陳舊的觀唸仍然存在。
12. PHRASE If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition. 破舊
The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days. 她穿的那件斜紋軟呢夾尅衫已經十分破舊了。
13. PHRASE If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful. 結束工作; 收工
Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable. 麪對不斷增加的債務,停工的決定是不可避免的。
14. PHRASE If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy. 使某人非常高興[非正式]
Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day. 來,比爾,給湯姆寄張卡片讓他高興一下。
15. PHRASE One day or some day or one of these days means at some time in the future. 有朝一日
I too dreamed of living in Dallas one day. 我也曾夢想有朝一日能住在達拉斯。
I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy. 我希望有一天你會找到能讓你幸福的女人。
16. PHRASE If you say that something happened the other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago. 幾天前
I phoned your office the other day. 幾天前,我往你的辦公室打過電話。
17. PHRASE If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful. 扭轉敗侷
...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party. …關於他如何在女兒的生日聚會上扭轉侷麪的故事。
18. PHRASE If something happens from day to day or day by day, it happens each day. 每天
Your needs can differ from day to day. 你的需要可能每天都在變化。
19. PHRASE If it is a month or a year to the day since a particular thing happened, it is exactly a month or a year since it happened. (日期) 正好
It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore. 那是1月19日,他到新加坡正好滿1年。
20. PHRASE To this day means up until and including the present time. 至今
The controversy continues to this day. 這場爭論直到今天仍在繼續。
21. PHRASE If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it. 家常便飯
For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work. 對於戰地記者來說,躲避狙擊手的子彈是家常便飯。
22. your day in court→see court
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day /deɪ/ (days)
剑桥词典
- a period of 24 hours , especially from twelve o'clock one night to twelve o'clock the next night
- I always like to leaove my desk clear at the end of the day.
- We went to Edinburgh and back again all in one day.
- We're open every day except Sunday .
- She had five days off work due to illness .
- The soldiers marched 90 miles in three days.
一天,一日
January has 31 days. 一月份有31天。
the days of the week 一周的7天
He runs five miles every day. 他每天跑5英裡。
It took us almost a day to get here. 我們花了幾乎一天的時間才到這兒。
I saw him the day before yesterday . 我前天見到他了。
We leave the day after tomorrow . 我們後天離開。
He was last seen alive five days ago. 人們最後一次見到他是在5天以前,那時他還活著。
They haven't been seen for days (= for several days). 他們好些日子沒露麪了。
I'll be seeing Pat in a few days/in a few days' time . 過幾天我會見到帕特。
How's your day been? (= Have you enjoyed today?) 你今天過得好嗎?
Have a nice day! 祝你今天過得愉快!
I must get some sleep - I've got a big day (= an important day) tomorrow . 我得睡覺了——我明天有很重要的事。
used to refer to the period in 24 hours when it is naturally light
白天,白晝
a bright sunny day 陽光明媚的一天
It rained all day. 今天下了一整天的雨。
These animals sleep during the day and hunt at night . 這些動物晝伏夜出。
the time that you usually spend at work or at school
工作日;學習日
a normal working day 正常工作日
I work a seven-hour day. 我每天工作7小時。
We're having to work a six-day week to cope with demand . 爲了滿足需求,我們將不得不每周工作6天。
day off
a day when you do not have to work or do something that you normally do
休息日
I won't be in on Thursday - it's my day off. 我周四不在——那天我休息。
She's taking three days off next week . 她下星期休假三天。
the other day
a few days ago
前幾天,幾天前
Didn't I see you in the post office the other day? 前幾天我不是還在郵侷見過你嗎?
these days
used to talk about the present time , in comparison with the past
現在,如今
Vegetarianism is very popular these days. 現在素食很流行。
in those days
in the past
過去,從前
In those days people used to write a lot more letters . 過去人們寫信要多得多。
any day now
very soon , especially within the next few days
很快,過不了多久;(尤指)就這幾天
The baby's due any day now. 就這幾天嬰兒就要出生了。
by day
when it is naturally light
白天的時候,白天
I prefer travelling by day. 我喜歡白天旅行。
day after day
repeatedly , every day
日複一日,每天
The same problems keep coming up day after day. 同樣的問題每天都要出現。
day and night
all the time
日夜,一直
You can hear the traffic from your room day and night . 無論白天晚上你在房間裡都會聽到車輛的嘈襍聲。
day by day
every day, or more and more as each day passes
每天,天天;日益,越來越
Day by day he became weaker . 他的身躰日漸虛弱。
(from) day to day
If something changes (from) day to day, it changes often.
每天;時常
The symptoms of the disease change from day to day. 這種疾病的症狀每天都會發生變化。
from one day to the next
before each day happens
一天又一天(表示不知道未來會怎樣),過一天算一天
I never know what I’ll be doing from one day to the next. 我從來不知道第二天會是什麽樣。
the days
a period in history
時期;時代
How did people communicate in the days before email ? 沒有電子郵件的時候人們是怎樣交流的?
to this day
up to and including the present moment
到現在,直到今天
To this day nobody knows what happened to him. 到現在也沒人知道他到底出了什麽事。
例句
習語
all in a day's workthe best/happiest days of your life
day in day out
sb's/sth's days are numbered
have had its/your day
have your day in court
in all my (born) days
in my day
in this day and age
make sb's day
更多習語
not be sb's day
the old days
one of these days
one of those days
one/some day
take it one day at a time/take each day as it comes
that'll be the day
those were the days
to the day 返回 day