eve
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n. 前夕, 前夜
发音
US
/iːv/
词形变化
eves
复数
eves
别名
eeve
教材释义与例句
名词
前夕；傍晚；重大事件关头
释义与例句
n.
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1.
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
前夕
前夜
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2.
Evening, night.
古体 诗歌on a cold winter's eve.
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3.
The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
比喻the eve of a scientific discovery
词汇关系
同义词 3
上位词 8
下位词 1
部分词 10
相关短语
词源
From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".
来源：wiktionary