9Independence/election/Christmas etc daya day on which a particular event or celebration takes place 独立日/选举日/圣诞日等
Rioting broke out just three days before polling day.
就在投票日前三天发生了骚乱。
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Independence/election/Christmas etc day• It was July 1, almost Independence Day.• By election day, many observers will question whyBill Clinton and BobDole were nominated and why they are running.• She has a rat on top of the living room door on Christmas Day, for example, and it will last her two days.• Legislation to outlawChristmas Daytrading looks set to be in place in time for this year's festiveperiod.• Then came the Christmas Daymassacre, by an Inkatha mobseveral hundred strong.
10five/three/nine etc years to the dayPASTexactly five years etc 正好五年/三年/九年等
It’s two years to the day since he died.
他去世正好两年。
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five/three/nine etc years to the day• It's three years to the day since Tony Alliss died from gunshotwounds.
12somebody’s/something’s days are numberedCONTINUE1#used to say that someone or something will not exist for much longer 某人/某事物时日不多
It seems that the hospital’s days are numbered.
看来这家医院开不久了。
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somebody’s/something’s days are numbered• I think Harry's days as a bachelor are numbered.• But if the church has its way, the garden's days are numbered.• He knows his days are numbered.• If Gordon Gekko is still around, his days are numbered.• My imageflickers and your days are numbered.• Whatever the protests, it seems that Hospital's days are numbered.
13day after day (also day in day out)CONTINUOUS continuously for a long time in a way that is annoying or boring 日复一日,天天地
I couldn’t stand sitting at a desk day after day.
我忍受不了日复一日地坐在办公桌前。
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day after day• The sameexercises can get boring if you do them day after day.• How, he asked himself, how could one put up with that, day after day.• On the radio, the same things get hashed and rehashed, over and over, day after day.• Otherwise, day after day, a restlessness had seized her again, to be afraid.• She saw in her mind the woman who sat in the same seat day after day.• Smashing down mogulfields all day long, day after day, soundsgreat to skiers in their 20s.• The day before, I was on the battlefield with them, on the floor day after day...• The jobs are nothing - just the same thing, day after day.• The wholeoffice, we just observed this stuff as it was happening, day after day.
14from day to day (also from one day to the next)CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT if a situation changes from day to day or from one day to the next, it changes often 天天,每天〔指情况经常变化〕
I never know from day to day what I’m going to be doing.
16night and day (also day and night)CONTINUOUS all the time 日日夜夜,时时刻刻SYN continuously
Being together night and day can put a great pressure on any relationship.
日日夜夜在一起会给任何一段关系带来很大的压力。
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night and day• My next door neighbor's dogbarks day and night.• I had to be at his beck and call, night and day.• She drove me crazy, night and day, she wanted sneakers, she wanted sneakers.• The only way into his protective case was through a little trap door he kept lockednight and day.• He is sleepless, crying out night and day.• Does that thing play night and day, Harding?• Leave pumped water to run night and day to increaseoxygencontent; add more water if needed.• Even those who live in the City must wearspectaclesnight and day.• Seizing upon this opportunity, the Santanistas worked night and day to undermine the Herrera administration.
17day outespecially British EnglishBrEDL a trip you make for pleasure on a particular day 一日游
A visit to the caves makes a fascinating and exciting day out for all the family.
参观岩洞有趣又刺激,适合全家一日游。
18have an off daySUCCEED#to be less successful or happy than usual, for no particular reason 不顺利的时候,不顺心的日子
Even the greatest athletes have their off days.
哪怕是最伟大的运动员也有不顺利的时候。
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have an off day• They must now get a result against freescoring Glenavon next Saturday and hope Bangor have an off day at Comrades.• His work isn't usually this bad - he must have had an off day.• You will have off days when you are tired or a bit under the weather.
19make somebody’s dayHAPPYto make someone very happy 使某人非常高兴
Hearing her voice on the phone really made my day.
在电话里听到她的声音真令我高兴。
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make somebody’s day• Go on, tell him you like his new suit. It'll make his day!• Sherry's phonecall really made my day.• Your smilemakes my day.
20.soup/dish/fish etc of the dayDFa soup, meal etc that a restaurantserves on a particular day in addition to the meals they always offer 〔餐馆〕当日特别推荐的汤/菜/鱼等
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soup/dish/fish etc of the day• A little skimmer bream is my fourthfish of the day and the first I have had to net.• The fish of the day, a grilledsole, was of the same ilk.
21.be all in a day’s workif something difficult, unpleasant, or unusual is all in a day’s work for someone, it is a normal part of their job 是例行工作
22take each day as it comes (also take it one day at a time) to deal with something as it happens and not worry about the future 顺其自然
Since I had the accident, I’ve learned to take each day as it comes.
自从遭遇那次事故后,我就学会了一切顺其自然。
23.the day of reckoningPUNISHa time when you have to deal with the bad results of something you did in the past 报应来临的日子,秋后算账的日子 SPOKEN PHRASES 口语短语
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the day of reckoning• The idea of training hard for the jump was soon shelved and the day of reckoningdrewnearer.• The smoke and sound told her the day of reckoning had begun.• If they do that they will merely be putting off the day of reckoning.• But on the day of reckoning a divided Kurdistan could be a fatally weakened one.• When the day of reckoning finally arrived, the truth was found to lie well in the middleground between these extremes.• Yet year by year, the day of reckoninggrows closer, and nothing is being done.
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24.it’s (just) one of those daysUNLUCKYused to say that everything seems to be going wrong 这是倒霉的一天
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it’s (just) one of those days• "Everything okay?" "Oh, it's just been one of those days."
25it’s not somebody’s dayUNLUCKYused when severalunpleasant things have happened to someone in one day 某人的倒霉日子
It wasn’t Chris’s day – he overslept and then his car broke down.
这天克里斯很倒霉——他先是睡过了头,然后他的汽车又坏了。
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it’s not somebody’s day• It's not every day a young woman pulls a gun on a burglar.• After all, it's not every day you win an arenareferendum and a game against the defendingchampion Lakers.• Well, it's not every day, is it?
26make a day of itBritish EnglishBrESPEND TIME to spend all day doing something for pleasure 好好玩一天
If the weather’s nice, we’ll make a day of it and take a picnic.
如果天气好的话,我们就去野餐,好好地玩上一天。
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make a day of it• Imagine how lovely it would be - you could take the whole family and make a day of it.• They make a day of it, tailgating before the game and, weatherpermitting, after it, too.• We were going into New York for the concert anyway, so we decided to make a day of it.
27.make my dayused when warning someone that if they try to do something, you will enjoy stopping, defeating, or punishing them etc. This phrase was made popular by Clint Eastwood in the film ‘DirtyHarry’. 让我高兴高兴〔用于警告对方,要是试图做某事,你将乐意将其阻止、打败或加以惩罚。这一短语因克林特·伊斯特伍德在影片《辣手神探夺命枪》中说过而流行起来〕
28that’ll be the dayPROBABLY#used to say that you think something is very unlikely to happen 极不可能
‘Bill says he’s going to start going to the gym.’ ‘That’ll be the day!’
29I/we don’t have all dayTIME4#used to say that you want someone to do something faster because you do not have enough time to wait for them to finish 我/我们没有很多时间〔用于要求某人加紧做事,因为你没有时间等他们做完〕
Hurry up! I haven’t got all day!
快点!我没那么多时间!
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I/we don’t have all day• But Sally does not have all day here.• Hurry up, we don't have all day!
30it’s not every day (that)OFTEN#used to say that something does not happen often and is therefore very special 并不是每天都…
Let’s go out and celebrate. After all, it’s not every day you get a new job.
我们出去庆祝一下吧,毕竟并不是每天都能找到新工作。
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it’s not every day (that)• It's not every day that a helicopter sits down in your backyard.• It's not every day a young woman pulls a gun on a burglar.• After all, it's not every day you win an arenareferendum and a game against the defendingchampion Lakers.• Well, it's not every day, is it?
31.back in the daya long time ago, when you were much younger 很久前〔指更年轻时〕
32be on daysJOB/WORKto work during the day at a job you sometimes have to do at night 上日班〔指这一工作有时要上夜班〕
I’m on days this week.
这个星期我上日班。
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be on days• I'm on days this week.• It worked tillThursday, but then Amy was on days off and Joe had a cold.• But it was on days like these that one longed for a friend, hoped for a caller.• It was on days like these that the emptiness came back and one grewdesperate.• When you were on days, you had a bunch of forms.
3340/50/60 etc if he’s/she’s a dayCERTAINLY/DEFINITELYused to emphasize that someone is at least as old as you are saying 他/她至少有40/50/60岁等〔用于强调〕
Similar student protests took place on the same day in other towns.
the next/the following day (=the day after something happened in the past)
The story was in the newspaper the following day.
the previous day (=the day before something happened in the past)
I had been to the doctor the previous day.
a big day (=a day when something important is arranged to take place)
Just before the big day the team was training 6 days a week.
a holy day
Friday is the Muslim holy day.
a historic day (=a day when an event that is historically important happens)
This was a historic day for the space program.
a school day (=a day when children go to school)
It’s a school day tomorrow, so you need an early night.
election/market etc day (=the day when an election, market etc takes place)
Wednesday is market day in Oxford.
Christmas/Easter/Independence etc Day
What day of the week is Christmas Day this year?
somebody’s wedding day (=the day when someone gets married)
She wanted everything to be perfect for her wedding day.
phrases
the day before yesterday
We arrived in France the day before yesterday.
the day after tomorrow
How about meeting for lunch the day after tomorrow?
the other day (=a few days ago)
Mark called the other day.
24 hours a day (=during the whole day and night)
In Cairo, the streets are busy 24 hours a day.
$15/5 grams/50 etc per day (=used when saying how much someone earns or is paid each day)
They get about £45 per day.
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: the time during the day when you are awake and active
adjectives
a good day (=in which things have happened in the way you want)
Have you had a good day at work?
a bad day (=in which things have happened in a way you do not want)
I’ve had a really bad day !
a nice/lovely/happy day (=enjoyable)
We’ve had a lovely day at the beach.
a beautiful/lovely/glorious day (=with very nice weather)
It was a beautiful day yesterday, wasn’t it?
a hard day (=difficult and tiring)
Sit down – you look as though you’ve had a hard day.
a long day
I got up at 5 this morning so it’s been a long day.
verbs
have a good/bad/long etc day
Simon looked as if he’d had a bad day at the office.
spend the day doing something
I spent the day shopping with my friends.
start the day (=do something at the beginning of a day)
You should start the day with a good breakfast.
end the day (=do something at the end of a day)
We ended the day at a little restaurant by the beach.
phrases
have a nice/good day! spoken (=used when saying goodbye to someone in a friendly way)
Bye Sam! Have a good day!
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with day
on a day
Something happens on a particular day:
We met on our first day at college.
✗Don’t say: in our first day
in the day
You use in the day when saying that something happens regularly during the time between dawn and sunset:
It gets very hot in the day.
She works at night and sleeps in the day.
✗Don’t say: She sleeps on the day.
by day
By day is very similar in meaning to in the day. It is used especially to make a contrast between the night and the day:
He’s an office worker by day and a club DJ by night.
all day
If you do something all day, you do it during all or most of the time between dawn and sunset:
We’ve been driving all day.
The restaurant serves food all day.
✗Don’t say: all the day
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day• It rained all day.• The white men forget us and death comes almost every day for some of my people.• Pressler spent four days in Cuba during a Caribbeantour.• Did you have a good day at the office?• I work an eight-hour day.• Next day the doctorprescribed small yellow pills for vertigo.• One day Mulholland was approached by a man in a carriage who demanded to know his name and what he was doing.• Yeah, but you had, like, three shots at this the other day.• They want to arrange their own lunches, decide for themselves how to spend some days.• It was cold and the days were getting shorter.• "What day is today?" "It's Friday."
(on) that/the following/the previous day• Answering the indictment on Feb. 26, Zhivkov pleaded not guilty, as did Balev on the following day.• They will be on the long road home on the following day, and few could afford to fly.• Exploring the house on the following day or the day after that, she had ventured into the Deathbed Room.• I decided to clear the laboratory and to leave the island on the following day.• That second night in the porch was enough and I resolved to move on the following day, whatever happened.• However, a similaraction by Armyofficers took place on the following day.• Fitzroy acquiesced and said that they would be placed in a Reading Room on the following day.• A sale on the following day will include topographical maps and books.
by day• Once the horseunderstands what is required of him, he should enjoy his work and improve day by day.• The army... became larger day by day.• Emily is an industrialengineerby day and a punkrockbassguitarist by night.• Never by night and never by day will I forget you.• It must have been most pleasantby day.• Nightlydreams and thoughtsby day, Are aye with him that's far away.• For thousands of years people calculated time by days and nights and the changing seasons.• He must patrol by night and walk by day.• He slept more than any other president, whether by day or by night.
a long day• When I first heard this story, I was standing with a group of geophysicists after a long day of conference talks.• A middle-agedhusband comes home after a long day at the office.• Carl had got home after a long day.• It had been a long day.• With that gesture began a long day of live music by every Stax artist to raise money for the WattsSummerFestival.• And I think Claire's had a long day.
early days• He also has a collection of Rentokil newsletters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner.• It should be recognised that we are still in the early days of case-mix accounting.• That was in the early days of the specialty foods market.• In the early days we ventured further afield than we do now, working in Suffolk, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Surrey.• Crashes were frequent enough in these earlier days.• Picture Dexter and Birdie Yager in those early days in the I960s when they risked their financial future on a brand-new business.• In those early days, that last week of June, it was merely a matter of raising enough money.
these days• These days, even permanent jobs don't pay well.• Young people often are these days, I find.• For months now, I've been droning on and on about how all cars these days are getting too heavy.• Which raises the question: what exactly does the DemocraticParty want to stand for these days?• Paul wandered around the house a lot these days.• The real problem with men these days, then, is that they simply are not around.• That kind of thing hardly seems necessarythese days.• The royaltrain seems to be used only very rarely these days.• If you listen to a Bushspeechthese days you will not be waiting long before the governor begins talking about education.
one day/some day• One day, I'd like to visit the GrandCanyon.• She always knew that some day he would leave her.• Perhaps one day we could all go to London together.
1period of 24 hours一天ADJECTIVE | DAY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤the following, (the) next第二天▸➤the previous前一天▸➤the other前幾天◇I was in your area the other day (= recently).前幾天我在你們那兒。➤one, some某一天;將來有一天◇I hope we meet again some day.希望我們將來有一天再見面。➤the very就在那一天◇It happened on the very day (= the same day) that Kemp was murdered.事情就發生在肯普被謀殺的那一天。◇The letter arrived the very next day.信就在第二天到了。➤auspicious, big, eventful, historic, memorable, red-letter, special吉日;重大的日子;不平凡的一天;具有歷史意義的一天;值得紀念的一天;喜慶的日子;特別的一天➤field大幹一番的機會◇The tabloid press had a field day with the latest government scandal.小報利用最近的政府醜聞大做文章。➤normal, ordinary普通的一天▸➤fateful, sad決定命運的一天;悲傷的日子◇those killed in the hail of bullets fired on that fateful day那個災難性的日子裏在槍林彈雨中喪命的人們➤Christmas, Independence, Mother's, Thanksgiving, etc.聖誕節、獨立日、母親節、感恩節等▸➤feast, holy宗教節日▸➤election, market, opening, pay, polling, visiting, wedding大選日;集市日;開幕日;工資發放日;投票日;訪問日;結婚日▸➤sports (BrE) (學校的)運動會日▸➤game, match (especially BrE) 比賽日▸➤rest, school, study, training休息日;學校上課日;學習日;訓練日◇the pattern of the school day典型的學校上課日DAY + VERB➤pass時光流逝◇He thought of her less as the days passed.隨着時間的流逝,他對她的思念越來越少。➤come一天到來◇When that day comes, I plan to be far away.那一天到來的時候,我打算遠走高飛。PREPOSITION➤by the day按日◇He's getting stronger by the day.他一天比一天強壯。➤for a/the day為時⋯天◇They stayed for ten days.他們待了 10 天。➤in a/the day在⋯天之內◇We hope to finish the job in a few days.我們希望在幾天的時間裏完成這項工作。➤on the day (of)在⋯之日◇On the day of his wedding he was very nervous.結婚那天他非常緊張。➤day of⋯的日子◇It was the day of the big game.那是大賽之日。PHRASES➤day by day一天天◇Morale was sinking day by day.士氣一天天消沉下去。day
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2time between sunrise and sunset白天ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAY | DAY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤beautiful, bright, fine, glorious, hot, nice, sunny, warm美好的一天;晴朗的一天;好天氣的日子;風和日麗的一天;炎熱的一天;陽光明媚的一天;暖和天▸➤cloudy, cold, grey/gray, rainy, windy多雲天;冷天;陰天;下雨天;颳風天▸➤autumn, fall, spring, summer, summer's, winter, winter's秋日;春日;夏日;冬日◇a fine summer's day晴朗的夏日➤fun, good, great, happy, lovely, perfect, wonderful愉快的一天;快活的一天;幸福的一天;快樂的一天◇Memories of happy days on the hills never fade.在山上的那些幸福日子的回憶永遠不會淡忘。➤bad, terrible倒霉的/糟糕的一天◇On a bad day chaos reigns and nobody can predict when a plane will leave.那天很倒霉,到處一片混亂,沒人能預測飛機什麼時候起飛。◇It's been one of the worst days of my life.那是我一生中最糟糕的日子之一。➤full整整一天◇I knew I had a full day's driving ahead of me.我知道我要開整整一天的車。VERB + DAY➤spend度過一天◇We spent the day gardening.我們幹了一天的園藝活。➤start開始一天◇Be sure to start the day with a good breakfast.每天的早飯一定要吃好。➤see親眼看到一天◇I never thought I would see the day when free elections would be held in this country.我從沒想過我能親眼看到國家自由選舉的這一天。DAY + VERB➤break, dawn天亮◇As day dawned I found her already hard at work.天亮時,我發現她已在辛勤工作了。➤go過日子◇How did your day go?你的日子過得怎麼樣?PREPOSITION➤by day在白天◇We preferred to travel at night and rest by day.我們寧可夜裏趕路,白天休息。➤during the day在一天的時間裏➤for a/the day度過白天◇We went to the beach for the day.我們去海邊待了一天。PHRASES➤all day (long)整天▸➤at the end of the day到頭來▸➤day and night日日夜夜▸➤one of those days倒霉的日子◇It's been one of those days when everything's gone wrong.那天真倒霉,一切都亂了套。day
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3hours of the day when you work工作日ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤work(usually workday) (NAmE) , working (BrE) 工作日▸➤bad, busy, hard, long, tiring倒霉的/忙碌的/辛苦的/漫長的/勞累的一天◇a hard day at the office辦公室裏勞累的一天➤good, quiet, slow順利的/安靜的/無聊的一天▸➤7-hour, 8-hour, etc. * 7 小時、8 小時等工作日◇I do a 9-hour day.我每天工作 9 小時。➤half半天▸➤sick病假◇I am entitled to ten paid sick days a year.我每年可享受 10 天帶薪病假。➤vacation (NAmE) 假日PHRASES➤a good day's work足足一天的工作day
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4(often days) particular period of time時期ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤early, former, old, olden早期;以前;舊時◇in the early days of television剛有電視的那些日子➤school, student, young求學/學生/青年時代◇in his younger days他年輕的時候➤glory, golden, happy, heady光榮時代;黃金時代;幸福時光;令人陶醉的時光◇the heady days of the 'swinging sixties'“多姿多彩的 60 年代”那些令人熱血沸騰的時光➤dark暗淡日子◇the dark days of recession經濟衰退時那些灰暗的日子➤playing運動生涯◇Some players go into management once their playing days are over.一些運動員在結束運動生涯後從事管理工作。PREPOSITION➤in sb's day在某人的時代◇Things were very different in my grandfather's day.祖父的那個年代情況大不一樣。➤of the day當時◇the government of the day當時的政府➤since the days of自⋯時以來◇Much has changed since the days of my youth.和我年輕時相比已經有了很大變化。PHRASES➤gone are the days when...⋯的日子一去不復返◇Gone are the days when you could smoke in restaurants.能在餐廳吸煙的日子一去不復返了。➤the bad old days, the good old days過去的糟糕日子/好時光◇That was in the bad old days of rampant inflation.那是在惡性通貨膨脹的苦日子裏。➤in this day and age在當今時代➤in those days在那時候▸➤the present day今天這個時代◇a study of drama from Ibsen to the present day從易卜生到現今的戲劇研究➤these days現在◇Kids grow up so quickly these days.現在的孩子長得真快。➤those were the days (used to suggest that a time in the past was better than now)那才叫好日子
day noun ⇨day (Did you have a good day?)⇨period (in Queen Victoria's day)⇨in sb's day⇨life2⇨the old days⇨past⇨make sb's day⇨pleaseverbday
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day ♦︎ morning ♦︎ afternoon ♦︎ noon ♦︎ midday ♦︎ daytimeThese are all words for times of the day when it is not dark.这些词均表示一天中夜晚以外的时间。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in / during the day / morning / afternoon / daytime◆at / around noon / midday◆(on) Monday / Tuesday, etc. morning / afternoon◆this / tomorrow / yesterday morning / afternoon◆noon / midday tomorrow / yesterday◆all / every / each / day / morning / afternoon◆a beautiful / hot / nice / warm / cold day / morning / afternoon◆Good morning / afternoon!◆to spend the day / morning / afternoon doing sth■day [uncountable, countable] the time between when it becomes light in the morning and when it gets dark in the evening; the time when you are awake, working, etc.白昼;白天◆I could sit and watch the river all day long.我能坐在那里一整天看着那条河。◆Nocturnal animals sleep by day and hunt by night.夜行动物白天睡觉晚上猎食。◆The short winter days prevented them from finishing all the work.冬天白昼短,他们没能把工作做完。◆What a beautiful day!多么美好的一天啊!◆It's been a long day(= I've been very busy).忙了一整天了。◆Did you have a good day?你这一天过得顺利吗?◆She didn't do a full day's work.她并不是整天都在工作。◆ (BrE) a seven-hour working day七小时工作日OPPnight ⇨ night1■morning [uncountable, countable] the early part of the day from the time when people wake up until 12 midday or before lunch早上;上午◆They left early in the morning.他们在清晨离开了。◆He's been in a meeting all morning.他一上午都在开会。◆Our group meets on Friday mornings.我们小组成员每周五上午碰面。◆It was a beautiful morning, with not a cloud in the sky.那是个美好的早晨,晴空万里。OPPafternoon, evening,night ⇨ night2■afternoon [uncountable, countable] the part of the day from 12 midday until about 6 o'clock下午;午后◆In the afternoon they went shopping.下午他们购物去了。◆Come over on Sunday afternoon.星期天下午过来吧。◆She studies art two afternoons a week.她每周花两个下午学习艺术。◆We spent a long lazy afternoon by the river.我们在河边懒洋洋地待了一下午。OPPmorning■noon [uncountable] 12 o'clock in the middle of the day中午;正午◆The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday.会议于星期六中午12点开幕。◆I'm leaving on the noon train.我坐中午的火车走。■midday [uncountable] noon; the period around noon中午;正午时分◆The rain will continue until around midday tomorrow.雨会一直下到明天中午前后。◆Most people here eat their midday meal in the canteen.这里的人大部分都在食堂里吃午餐。◆They rode on through the heat of the midday sun.他们顶着中午的炎炎烈日继续骑车前行。OPPmidnight ⇨ night1■daytime ˈdeɪtaɪm [uncountable] the time between when it becomes light in the morning and when it gets dark in the evening; the time during the day when a lot of people usually work白天;白昼;日间◆You don't often see this bird in the daytime.这种鸟白天不常见。◆Daytime temperatures never fell below 80°F.白天的气温从未低于80华氏度。◆Please give your name, address and daytime phone number.请留下姓名、地址和日间联系电话。OPPnight-time ⇨ night1NOTE辨析 Day or daytime?A day can either be seen as a completed whole, or as a period of time that is continuing; daytime is a period of time that is continuing, never a completed whole. * day既可看作一整天,也可看作持续的一段时间;daytime表示持续的一段时间,却不表示一整天◆during the day / daytime在白天◆I've been busy all day.我整天都在忙。◆I've been busy all daytime.◆Did you have a good day?你这一天过得顺利吗?◆Did you have a good daytime?Daytime is used especially in compounds. * daytime尤用于构成复合词◆daytime phone number / television / temperatures日间联系电话/电视节目/气温◆day phone number/television/temperatures