hey·day /ˈheɪdeɪ/ noun [countableC usually singular]
PERIOD OF TIMEPOPULARthe time when someone or something was most popular, successful, or powerful 最兴盛[最成功,最强大]的时期
in somebody’s heyday
Greta Garbo in her heyday
巅峰时期的葛丽泰•嘉宝
Examples from the Corpus
heyday• The hugesell-outreformation shows earlier this year were something they never achieved in their chartheyday.• However, its culinaryheyday came to an end with the approach of the Napoleonic wars.• In his heyday a driving but discreetdrummer, he specialized in playing with brushes rather than sticks.• The building had originally been a manor house and must have looked beautiful in its heyday.• In its heyday it must have been a good little vehicle, but now it was definitely finished.• In its heyday it was so popular long queues built up outside its shops.• Yet this is the first seriousattempt to write about the revolution since the heyday of the early 1970s.• The pair crossed swords in the eighties during their heyday with rivals Liverpool and United.
Originheyday
(1500-1600)heyda a shout of happiness ((16-17 centuries)); influenced by day