day
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week. (一周中的) 一天
And it has snowed almost every day for the past week. 而且过去的一周几乎每天都在下雪。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days. 时期
He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day. 他开始谈论他叔叔那个年代的乌克兰。
...his early days of struggle and deep poverty. …他早年的奋斗和极度穷困时期。
3. it is early days→see early
4. at the end of the day→see end
5. the good old days→see old
6. N-VAR Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things. 白天
Twenty-seven million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness. 由于工伤事故和疾病,每年损失掉2700万个工作日。
She gives herself one day a week off, on Thursdays. 她每周放自己一天假,在星期四。
7. N-COUNT the period of time, the solar day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to the sun. The mean solar day is the average length of the apparent solar day and is some four minutes (3 minutes 56.5 seconds of sidereal time) longer than the sidereal day 太阳日
8. N-COUNT the period of time, the sidereal day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to a particular star. The mean sidereal day lasts 23 hours 56 minutes 4.1 seconds of the mean solar day 恒星日
9. PHRASE If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping. 日复一日
The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day. 这份报业的工作让我日复一日地做同一件事情。
10. PHRASE If you say that something happens day in, day out or day in and day out, you mean that it happens regularly over a long period of time. 天天[v PHR]
I used to drink coffee day in, day out. 过去我每天喝咖啡。
11. PHRASE In this day and age means in modern times. 在现代
Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist. 即使在今天,一些陈旧的观念仍然存在。
12. PHRASE If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition. 破旧
The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days. 她穿的那件斜纹软呢夹克衫已经十分破旧了。
13. PHRASE If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful. 结束工作; 收工
Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable. 面对不断增加的债务,停工的决定是不可避免的。
14. PHRASE If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy. 使某人非常高兴[非正式]
Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day. 来,比尔,给汤姆寄张卡片让他高兴一下。
15. PHRASE One day or some day or one of these days means at some time in the future. 有朝一日
I too dreamed of living in Dallas one day. 我也曾梦想有朝一日能住在达拉斯。
I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy. 我希望有一天你会找到能让你幸福的女人。
16. PHRASE If you say that something happened the other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago. 几天前
I phoned your office the other day. 几天前,我往你的办公室打过电话。
17. PHRASE If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful. 扭转败局
...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party. …关于他如何在女儿的生日聚会上扭转局面的故事。
18. PHRASE If something happens from day to day or day by day, it happens each day. 每天
Your needs can differ from day to day. 你的需要可能每天都在变化。
19. PHRASE If it is a month or a year to the day since a particular thing happened, it is exactly a month or a year since it happened. (日期) 正好
It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore. 那是1月19日,他到新加坡正好满1年。
20. PHRASE To this day means up until and including the present time. 至今
The controversy continues to this day. 这场争论直到今天仍在继续。
21. PHRASE If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it. 家常便饭
For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work. 对于战地记者来说,躲避狙击手的子弹是家常便饭。
22. your day in court→see court
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day /deɪ/ (days)
剑桥词典
- a period of 24 hours , especially from twelve o'clock one night to twelve o'clock the next night
- I always like to leaove my desk clear at the end of the day.
- We went to Edinburgh and back again all in one day.
- We're open every day except Sunday .
- She had five days off work due to illness .
- The soldiers marched 90 miles in three days.
一天,一日
January has 31 days. 一月份有31天。
the days of the week 一周的7天
He runs five miles every day. 他每天跑5英里。
It took us almost a day to get here. 我们花了几乎一天的时间才到这儿。
I saw him the day before yesterday . 我前天见到他了。
We leave the day after tomorrow . 我们后天离开。
He was last seen alive five days ago. 人们最后一次见到他是在5天以前,那时他还活着。
They haven't been seen for days (= for several days). 他们好些日子没露面了。
I'll be seeing Pat in a few days/in a few days' time . 过几天我会见到帕特。
How's your day been? (= Have you enjoyed today?) 你今天过得好吗?
Have a nice day! 祝你今天过得愉快!
I must get some sleep - I've got a big day (= an important day) tomorrow . 我得睡觉了——我明天有很重要的事。
used to refer to the period in 24 hours when it is naturally light
白天,白昼
a bright sunny day 阳光明媚的一天
It rained all day. 今天下了一整天的雨。
These animals sleep during the day and hunt at night . 这些动物昼伏夜出。
the time that you usually spend at work or at school
工作日;学习日
a normal working day 正常工作日
I work a seven-hour day. 我每天工作7小时。
We're having to work a six-day week to cope with demand . 为了满足需求,我们将不得不每周工作6天。
day off
a day when you do not have to work or do something that you normally do
休息日
I won't be in on Thursday - it's my day off. 我周四不在——那天我休息。
She's taking three days off next week . 她下星期休假三天。
the other day
a few days ago
前几天,几天前
Didn't I see you in the post office the other day? 前几天我不是还在邮局见过你吗?
these days
used to talk about the present time , in comparison with the past
现在,如今
Vegetarianism is very popular these days. 现在素食很流行。
in those days
in the past
过去,从前
In those days people used to write a lot more letters . 过去人们写信要多得多。
any day now
very soon , especially within the next few days
很快,过不了多久;(尤指)就这几天
The baby's due any day now. 就这几天婴儿就要出生了。
by day
when it is naturally light
白天的时候,白天
I prefer travelling by day. 我喜欢白天旅行。
day after day
repeatedly , every day
日复一日,每天
The same problems keep coming up day after day. 同样的问题每天都要出现。
day and night
all the time
日夜,一直
You can hear the traffic from your room day and night . 无论白天晚上你在房间里都会听到车辆的嘈杂声。
day by day
every day, or more and more as each day passes
每天,天天;日益,越来越
Day by day he became weaker . 他的身体日渐虚弱。
(from) day to day
If something changes (from) day to day, it changes often.
每天;时常
The symptoms of the disease change from day to day. 这种疾病的症状每天都会发生变化。
from one day to the next
before each day happens
一天又一天(表示不知道未来会怎样),过一天算一天
I never know what I’ll be doing from one day to the next. 我从来不知道第二天会是什么样。
the days
a period in history
时期;时代
How did people communicate in the days before email ? 没有电子邮件的时候人们是怎样交流的?
to this day
up to and including the present moment
到现在,直到今天
To this day nobody knows what happened to him. 到现在也没人知道他到底出了什么事。
例句
习语
all in a day's workthe best/happiest days of your life
day in day out
sb's/sth's days are numbered
have had its/your day
have your day in court
in all my (born) days
in my day
in this day and age
make sb's day
更多习语
not be sb's day
the old days
one of these days
one of those days
one/some day
take it one day at a time/take each day as it comes
that'll be the day
those were the days
to the day 返回 day