noon

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n. 正午, 中午, 全盛期

发音

UK /nuːn/
US /nun/
其它 /nʉn/
SCOT /nʉn/

词形变化

noons 复数 nooned nooning noons 三单 noons nooning 现在分词 nooned 过去式 nooned 过去分词

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

    可数 不可数

    On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.

    The race is due to start at noon sharp.

  2. 2.

    The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

    The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.

    中午

    正午

    中昼

    当昼

    下昼

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    古体 可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  5. 5.

    The highest point; culmination.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  6. 1.

    The letter ن in the Arabic script.

v.
  1. 1.

    To relax or sleep around midday.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

midday high noon noonday noontide

上位词 2

hour time of day

整体词 3

day mean solar day solar day

相关短语

noon of night noon balloon noon balloons noon gun noon guns noon fly noon flies morning, noon and night high noon 正午 solar noon Lahaina Noon good noon

词源

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.

来源：wiktionary