1TMCthe early part of the day, from when the sunrises until 12 o’clock in the middle of the day 早晨,上午
I hated those cold winter mornings.
我讨厌冬天里寒冷的早晨。
I’m not feeling very well this morning.
今天早上我觉得不大舒服。
He stayed in bed late on Sunday morning.
星期日早上他睡到很晚。
She took the early morning train.
她搭乘了一大早的火车。
2TMCthe part of the day from 12 o’clock at night until 12 o’clock in the middle of the day 半夜至中午的时间
two/four o’clock in the morning 现在是早上四点。
The phone rang at three in the morning.
电话在凌晨三点响了起来。
It’s four o’clock in the morning.
现在是早上四点。
3in the morningFUTUREif something will happen in the morning, it will happen during the morning of the following day 明天早晨[上午]
I’ll deal with that in the morning.
我明天上午会处理那件事。
Examples from the Corpus
in the morning• Especially because you were birthed in the morning, when the buffaloes have to toil in the field.• He's been spraying up here at one or two o'clock in the morning, sometimes.• I was up earlyin the morning, but Holmes was up earlier.• Late in the morning of June 19,1967, he received a call from Atty.• Why hadn't the stupidboy said he would see Hank in schoolin the morning?• It was six in the morning, and time for my Sunday to start.• It's always brought to them first thing in the morning.
4morningsDURINGduring the morning of each day 每天早晨[上午]
She works mornings at the local school.
她每天上午在当地的学校工作。
Examples from the Corpus
mornings• Linda just works mornings, but it helps.
5morning, noon, and nightnoon, and night morningCONTINUOUSLOT/VERY MUCHused to emphasize that something happens a lot or continuously 白天黑夜地,夜以继日地;持续不断地
I was on duty morning, noon, and night.
我一天到晚都在值班。
Examples from the Corpus
morning, noon, and night• I've been going to meetings morning, noon, and night lately.
✗Don’t say: What time do you get up on the morning?
on Monday/Tuesday etc morning
You do something on Monday/Tuesday etc morning:
I was late for work on Thursday morning.
on the morning of something
Something happens on the morning of a particular date or event:
On the morning of March 15,2008, he was involved in a car accident.
Make sure you arrive in plenty of time on the morning of the exam.
all morning
You use all morning to say that something happens during a whole morning, from beginning to end:
I’ve been working hard all morning.
✗Don’t say: I’ve been working hard all the morning.
COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + morning
Friday/Monday/Saturday etc morning 星期五/星期一/星期六等早上
I’ll see you on Monday morning.
我们星期一早上见。
tomorrow morning 明天早上
Can you have the report ready by tomorrow morning?
明天上午你能把报告准备好吗?
yesterday morning 昨天上午
I haven’t seen her since yesterday morning.
从昨天早上开始我就没见过她。
this morning (=today in the morning) 今天上午
What did you do this morning?
今天上午你做了什么?
the next morning/the following morning 第二天早上
His meeting was not until the next morning.
他的会要到第二天上午才开。
late morning 上午的晚些时候
By the time he woke, it was late morning.
他醒来时已临近中午。
the early morning 清晨
A light frost covered the fields in the early morning.
清晨,一层薄霜覆盖着田野。
a beautiful/fine/sunny morning 美丽的/晴朗的/阳光明媚的早晨
Outside it was a beautiful morning.
外边是美丽的早晨。
a cold/frosty morning 寒冷的/严寒的早晨
nPorridge tastes good on a cold morning.
a summer/winter etc morning 夏天/冬天等的早晨
nThey set off on a beautiful spring morning.
morning + NOUN
the morning sun/light/mist 早晨的太阳/光线/雾霭
the warmth of the morning sun
早晨温暖的阳光
a morning coffee/run/swim (=that someone does, drinks etc in the morning) 早咖啡/晨跑/晨泳
She read the paper while drinking her morning coffee.
她边看报边喝早咖啡。
the morning paper/news (=that is published or broadcast in the morning) 早报/早间新闻
nThe story was in all the morning papers.
the morning train/flight (=that leaves in the morning) 早班火车/早上航班
nShe took the morning flight back to London.
phrases
early in the morning 清晨,一大早
He has to get up very early in the morning.
他一大早就得起床。
first thing in the morning (=at the beginning of the morning) 早上(头一件事)
She set off first thing in the morning.
她一大早就出发了。
from morning till night (=all day – used for emphasis) 从早到晚〔用于强调整天〕
He works from morning till night.
他从早到晚地工作。
in the small hours of the morning (=very early, before dawn) 在凌晨
nI was woken up in the small hours of the morning by a strange sound.
Examples from the Corpus
morning• There was a time when she scanned the fields every morning and every evening for her boys.• Nancy will bring your book back Fridaymorning.• The next morning the train was, for once, on time.• Next morning found us deep in subterraneanRims.• Next morning it was taken to the bank.• It had been raining all night and in the stillness of morning the clouds and mist had not yet cleared.• Inter-school matches are played on Saturdaymornings.• a sunnymorning• Kramer liked to survey his face and his build in the mornings.• In the morning, she rose early and dressed in her plainestclothes, flounces and frills had no place in business.
morning2 ●●●S2 interjection
HELLOused to greet someone in the morning 早上好,早〔早上见面时的问候语〕
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MORNING | MORNING + VERB | MORNING + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤this, tomorrow, yesterday今天上午;明天早晨;昨天上午➤following, next翌日上午;第二天上午➤previous前一天上午➤Friday, Saturday, etc.星期五、星期六等上午➤weekday, weekend工作日/週末上午➤early, late清晨;近中午的時候◇The side of the mountain appeared pink in the early morning light.山的一側在晨光中呈現出粉紅色。➤April, May, etc. * 4 月、5 月等的早晨➤spring, summer, etc.春天、夏天等的早晨➤beautiful, bright, clear, fine, glorious, lovely, sunny, warm美麗的早晨;晴朗的早晨;陽光燦爛的早晨;陽光明媚的早晨;溫暖的早晨➤chilly, cold, cool, crisp, dreary, foggy, frosty, grey/gray, misty, rainy, snowy冷颼颼的/寒冷的/涼爽的/清冷的/沉悶的/霧濛濛的/嚴寒的/灰濛濛的/薄霧籠罩的/下雨的/飄雪的早晨➤fateful決定命運的上午◇After that fateful morning, my life changed.自那個決定命運的上午之後,我的生活改變了。➤lazy懶洋洋的上午◇We had a lazy morning at home.我們在家過了一個懶洋洋的上午。➤peaceful, quiet祥和的/安靜的上午➤busy繁忙的上午➤typical平常的早晨◇On a typical morning, I'll have cereal for breakfast.平常的早晨,我早飯會吃麥片。VERB + MORNING➤spend花上午的時間◇I spent the morning doing some sightseeing.我上午觀光遊覽了一番。MORNING + VERB➤arrive, come, dawn早晨來臨;破曉◇The morning dawned bright and sunny.天一破曉便陽光明媚。➤pass, progress, wear on上午過去;上午漸漸過去◇As the morning wore on she became more and more tired.上午的時間一點點地過去,她也越來越疲倦。➤bring sth⋯隨早晨而來◇The morning brought blue sky and golden clouds.一大早就是藍色的天空和金色的雲霞。MORNING + NOUN➤coffee, tea早咖啡;早茶➤meal (especially NAmE) 早餐▸➤prayer, service, worship晨禱;早禮拜➤hours上午時光➤rush, rush hour上午的繁忙;早晨交通高峰期➤flight, traffic, train上午的航班;早上的交通;早班火車➤commute, drive, ride早晨上班/駕車/搭乘➤jog, swim, walk, workout早晨慢跑/游泳/散步/鍛煉➤chores (especially NAmE) 早晨的雜務➤ritual, routine上午的慣例/例行事務➤shift早班➤bath, shower晨浴◇I took my usual morning shower and brushed my teeth.清早,我和往常一樣沖了澡並刷了牙。➤news, newspaper, paper晨報➤briefing, meeting上午的情況通報會/會議➤programme/program, show, television (all especially NAmE) 早間節目;早間電視節目◇He was a presenter on a morning talk show.他是一檔早間談話節目的主持人。➤call叫早服務➤class, session上午的課;上午的一堂課➤air, breeze, dew, light, mist, sky, sun, sunlight, sunshine早晨的空氣/微風/露水/光線/薄霧/天空/太陽/日光/陽光➤sickness孕婦晨吐➤person喜歡早起的人◇I'm not a morning person (= I don't like mornings).我不是喜歡早起的人。PREPOSITION➤by morning上午以前➤during the morning, in the morning整個上午;早上➤on Monday, etc. morning, on the morning of sth星期一等的早晨;(在)⋯的上午◇We got the news on the morning of the wedding.我們是婚禮那天上午得到消息的。➤towards/toward morning臨近清晨◇Towards / Toward morning the snow turned to rain.天快亮時,下雪轉為下雨。PHRASES➤first thing in the morning早上起來要辦的頭一件事◇I'll see to it first thing in the morning.我明天一早就辦。➤from morning till night, morning, noon and night從早到晚;整天◇It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night (= all the time).她整天就是說這個。➤good morning早上好◇He didn't even say 'Good morning'.他甚至連“早上好”都沒說。➤the rest of the morning上午剩下的時間