sennight

n. 一星期

发音

UK /ˈsɛnaɪt/
其它
UK /-nɪt/
US /ˈsɛnaɪt/

词形变化

sennights 复数 sennights

别名

seven-night sennet se'nnight se'night sevennight seu'night sev'nnight

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of week in its various senses, a period of seven consecutive days and nights.

    古体 废旧 诗歌

词源

From Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“sevennight, a week”) [and other forms], a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sevennight.

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