midday

A2 CET-4 高中 FREQ #14018 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 正午, 中午 a. 正午的

发音

US /mɪdˈdeɪ/
UK /mɪdˈdeɪ/

词形变化

middays 复数 middays

别名

mid-day

教材释义与例句

名词

中午；正午

the middle of the day, at or around 12 o'clock

We stopped off in Colchester for our midday meal .

我们中途在科尔切斯特停留吃了午饭。

the full heat of the midday sun

正午烈日的酷热

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.

    可数 不可数

    One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

noon high noon noonday noontide

上位词 2

hour time of day

整体词 3

day mean solar day solar day

词源

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

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