yesterday

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #698 ★★★★★

n. 昨天 adv. 昨天

发音

UK /ˈjɛstədeɪ/
UK /ˈjɛstədɪ/
US /ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/
US /ˈjɛstɹdi/
其它 /ˈjɪstɹdeɪ/
其它 /ˈjɪstɹdi/

词形变化

yesterdays 复数 yesterdays

别名

ytd yday yestaday yestiddy yistiddy

教材释义与例句

名词

昨天；往昔

the day before today

副词

昨天

on or during the day before today

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The day immediately before today; one day ago.

    昨日

    昨天

    琴日

    寻日

    昨暝

    昨晡日

    昨昏

    昨暗

    Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.

    Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.

  2. 2.

    The past, often in terms of being outdated.

    比喻

    yesterday's technology

    The worker of today is different from that of yesterday.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    On the day before today.

    昨天

    昨日

    昨儿

    昨儿个

    寻日

    琴日

    昨暝

    昨晡日

    昨昏

    夜天

    隔暝

    I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.

  2. 2.

    As soon as possible.

    非正式

    I want this done yesterday!

    I need it yesterday!

    2026 February 16, Katya Adler, Trump's new world order has become real and Europe is having to adjust fast (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddn002g6qzo "Europeans need to get to work yesterday and to focus," she says. "They have 5-10 years to stand on their own two feet in terms of conventional defence capabilities."

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

day past yesteryear mean solar day solar day

相关短语

yesterday night yesterday is gone yesterday but one Yesterday Island day before yesterday 前日 be born yesterday 容易受骗上当,无知 remember like it was yesterday is born yesterday

词源

From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag (“yesterday”), Swedish gårdag (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”).

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