| 释义 |
*day /de; deɪ/
n
1 [C] a period of time equal to 24 hours 一天，一日:
I'll be back in ten days. 我十天以后回来。
2 [C,U] the period of time between when it becomes light in the morning and when it becomes dark in the evening 白天，白昼:
The days begin to get longer in the spring. 春天时，白昼变长了。
all day It's rained all day. 雨下了一整天。
3 [C usually singular 一般用单数] the time during the day when you are usually awake 〔指醒后〕一天（的生活）:
My day usually begins at six o'clock. 我通常早晨六点开始一天的生活。
long day (=a day when you had to get up early and were busy all day) 〔早起而又忙碌的〕长长的一天
4 [C] the hours you work in a day〔以小时计的〕工作日:
Jean works an eight-hour day. 吉恩一天工作八小时。
5 one day on a particular day in the past 〔过去的〕（某）一天:
She just walked in here one day. 一天她就这么走进了此地。
6 these days used to talk about the way something is now, which is different to how it was in the past 〔与过去已不一样的〕如今，现在:
It isn't safe to walk the streets these days. 如今在街上走路已不安全了。
7 one day/some day at some time in the future 〔将来的〕某一天，总有一天:
We'll buy that dream house some day. 总有一天我们会买下那幢理想的住宅。
8 in my/his/Shakespeare's etc day at a time in the past when someone was young or when someone was alive 在我小时候/他小时候［还在世时］/莎士比亚的年代等
9 to this day even now 至今，迄今，直到现在:
To this day we don't know what really happened. 至今我们仍不知道究竟发生了什么。
10 the other day spoken a few days ago 【口】 几天前:
I saw Roy the other day. 几天前我看到罗伊了。
11 make someone's day informal to make someone very happy 【非正式】 让某人非常高兴:
That card really made my day. 收到那张卡真使我开心极了。
12 have had its day to no longer be popular or successful 已过时，不再风光:
I think the royal family has had its day. 我认为皇室已不如往昔那般风光了。
13 day after day/day in day out used to emphasize that something boring or unpleasant continues to happen 日复一日，一天又一天〔强调令人生厌或不快的事不断发生〕:
I'm sick of sitting at the same desk day after day. 日复一日地坐在同一张书桌前，我受够了。
14 day by day slowly and gradually 一天天地，渐渐地:
She was getting stronger day by day. 她一天天地在康复。
→ see also 另见 DAILY, DAYS
USAGE NOTE 用法说明: talking about days 说到某天
Use on to talk about a particular day in the week. 说到一周中某一天要用 on:
It's her birthday on Friday. 星期五是她生日。
If you are talking about a day in the week before this one, use last. 如果说到上一周的某一天，则用 last:
I had lunch with Barry last Monday. 上个星期一我和巴里一起吃了顿午餐。
Use next with the name of a day in the week after this one 说到下一周的星期几，在前面加上 next: See you next Thursday! 下周四见！Don't say 不可以说 'on next Thursday'.
Only use the in front of the name of a day if you are talking about a particular day of a particular week. 谈到某周中某个特别日子时才能用 the:
We're going on vacation on the Monday after Christmas. 我们在圣诞节之后的那个星期一去度假。 |