day
英 [deɪ]
美 [deɪ]
n. 一天; 一日; 白昼; 白天; 工作日; 一天的活动时间
复数:days
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.95 / COCA.90
习惯用语
n.
- all in a day's work
- 日常工作的一部分;习以为常;不足为奇
part of your normal working life and not unusual any day (now) - 很快
very soon - The letter should arrive any day now.
信很快就该到了。 carry/win the day - 得胜;占上风;取得成功
to be successful against sb/sth - Despite strong opposition, the ruling party carried the day.
尽管遭到强烈反对,执政党还是获胜了。 day after day - 日复一日,一天又一天(尤指枯燥无味、令人厌烦)
each day repeatedly (used especially when sth is boring or annoying) - She hates doing the same work day after day.
她讨厌日复一日做同样的工作。 day by day - 一天天;逐日
all the time; a little at a time and gradually - Day by day his condition improved.
他的健康状况一天天好转。 day in, day out - 日复一日,天天(指不间断)
every day for a long period of time a day of reckoning - 遭报应的日子;受到惩罚的日子
the time when sb will have to deal with the result of sth that they have done wrong, or be punished for sth bad that they have done sb's/sth's days are numbered - (指人)死期不远了,得意的日子屈指可数了;(指物)用不了多久了,寿命不长了
a person or thing will not continue to live, exist or be successful for much longer - His days as leader of the party are numbered.
他作为党的领袖的日子已屈指可数了。 from day one - 从一开始;从第一天
from the beginning - It's never worked from day one.
这从一开始就行不通。 from day to day - 过一天算一天
with no thoughts or plans for the future - They live from day to day, looking after their sick daughter.
他们过一天算一天,日复一日地照顾着生病的女儿。 - 天天,一天又一天(指经常变化)
if a situation changes from day to day , it changes often - A baby's need for food can vary from day to day.
婴儿对食物的需求天天都在变化。 from one day to the next - 一天又一天(表示不知未来如何)
if a situation changes from one day to the next , it is uncertain and not likely to stay the same each day - I never know what to expect from one day to the next.
一天又一天我不知道该期待什么。 have had your day - 得意之时已过;风光不再;日渐衰败
to no longer be successful, powerful, etc. - She's had her day as a supermodel.
她作为超级模特儿的辉煌日子已一去不复返。 have seen/known better days - 穷困潦倒;昔盛今衰;曾辉煌过
to be in poor condition - Our car has seen better days!
我们的汽车曾辉煌一时! if he's, she's, etc. a day - (谈论年龄)至少
(used when talking about sb's age) at least - He must be 70 if he's a day!
他至少70岁了! in sb's day - (某人的)昔日盛时,鼎盛时期
during the part of sb's life when they were most successful, famous, etc. - She was a great dancer in her day.
她曾是红极一时的舞蹈家。 - 年轻时;当年
when sb was young - In my day, there were plenty of jobs when you left school.
我年轻时,毕业后就业机会很多。 in this day and age - 当代;当今;在今天这个时代
now, in the modern world it's not sb's day - 祸不单行;特别倒霉的一天
used when several unfortunate or unpleasant things happen on the same day - My car broke down and then I locked myself out─it's just not my day!
我的汽车抛锚了,我又没带房门钥匙——真是祸不单行! make sb's day - 使某人一天非常快活
to make sb feel very happy on a particular day - The phone call from Mike really made my day.
迈克打来电话,真让我一天都快乐无比。 make a day of it - 痛痛快快玩一整天
to make a particular enjoyable activity last for a whole day instead of only part of it not have all day - 时间不多了
to not have much time - Come on! We don't have all day!
快一点!我们的时间不多了! of sb's day - 某人生活的时代
during a particular period of time when sb lived - the best player of his day
他那个时代最优秀的运动员 - Bessie Smith was the Madonna of her day.
贝西∙史密斯是她那个时代的麦当娜。 of the day - (餐馆)当日特别供应
that is served on a particular day in a restaurant - soup of the day
当日供应的汤 one day - 有朝一日;(过去)某一天
at some time in the future, or on a particular day in the past - One day, I want to leave the city and move to the country.
有朝一日,我要离开城市搬到农村去。 - One day, he walked out of the house with a small bag and never came back.
一天,他带了个小提包走出家门,再也没有回来。 one of these days - 不久;日内
before a long time has passed - One of these days you'll come back and ask me to forgive you.
你很快就会回来请求我原谅的。 one of those days - 诸事不顺的日子;倒霉的日子
a day when there are a lot of mistakes and a lot of things go wrong - It's been one of those days!
这一天真倒霉! some day - 将来有一天;总有一天
at an unknown time in the future - Some day I'll be famous.
总有一天我会成名的。 take it/things one day at a time - 得过且过;做一天和尚撞一天钟;过一天算一天
to not think about what will happen in the future - I don't know if he'll get better. We're just taking it one day at a time.
我不知道他还能不能好转,我们只有过一天算一天。 that'll be the day - 那样的事永远不可能;哪有那样的事
used when you are saying that sth is very unlikely to happen - Paul? Apologize? That'll be the day!
保罗?道歉?那真是太阳从西边出来了! these days - (尤用于拿现在和过去比较)如今,而今
used to talk about the present, especially when you are comparing it with the past - These days kids grow up so quickly.
如今孩子们成长得真快。 those were the days - (指过去)那才是好时光,那才是好年头
used to suggest that a time in the past was happier or better than now to the day - 恰好;刚好;一天不差
exactly - It's been three years to the day since we met.
我们整整三年没见面了。 to this day - 直到如今;甚至现在
even now, when a lot of time has passed - To this day, I still don't understand why he did it.
我直到今天仍然不明白他当时为什么那样做。 back in the day - 过去;从前;旧时
in the past - My dad's always talking about how great everything was back in the day.
我爸爸总是讲过去的一切如何如何的好。 back in the days - 在过去的某个时候
at a particular time in the past - I was a fan back in the days when the band wasn't yet famous.
在这个乐队还没出名的时候,我就是他们的歌迷。 in all my born days - (表示惊讶)这辈子(未听说,未见)
used when you are very surprised at sth you have never heard or seen before - I've never heard such nonsense in all my born days.
我这辈子还从没听说过此等废话呢。 break of day/dawn - 破晓;黎明
the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light call it a day - 结束一天的工作;到此为止;停止
to decide or agree to stop doing sth - After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day (= to retire) .
从政四十年,我想现在也该退休了。 (as) clear as day - 显而易见;容易看见;容易理解;容易懂
easy to see or understand in the cold light of day - 有时间冷静考虑时;在头脑更清醒些的第二天早晨
when you have had time to think calmly about sth; in the morning when things are clearer - These things always look different in the cold light of day.
这些事情在冷静地考虑后总会显得不同。 your good deed for the day - (所做的)好事,善事
a helpful, kind thing that you do every dog has his/its day - 人人皆有得意时
everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life it's early days (yet) - 为时尚早;言之过早
used to say that it is too soon to be sure how a situation will develop at the end of the day - (考虑到所有情况后引出最重要的事实)最终,到头来
used to introduce the most important fact after everything has been considered - At the end of the day, he'll still have to make his own decision.
最终,他还得自己拿主意。 end your days/life (in sth) - (在某种状态下或某处)度过余生,安度晚年
to spend the last part of your life in a particular state or place - He ended his days in poverty.
他在贫穷中度过余生。 from that day/time forth - 从那天起;从那时以后
beginning on that day; from that time give me sth/sb (any day/time) - 我宁愿;我更喜欢;我宁可选择
used to say that you prefer a particular thing or person to the one that has just been mentioned - We don't go out much. Give me a quiet night in front of the TV any day!
我们不常出去。我宁愿坐在电视机前安安静静地过一夜! late in the day - 为时已晚;已失时机
after the time when an action could be successful - He started working hard much too late in the day─he couldn't possibly catch up.
他开始努力工作已为时太晚——不可能赶上了。 live to fight another day - (虽已失败或经历很糟但仍要)改日再战,卷土重来
used to say that although you have failed or had a bad experience, you will continue the livelong day - 一整天
the whole length of the day have a nice day! - (与顾客道别时常用)再见
a friendly way of saying goodbye, especially to customers night and dayday and night - 日日夜夜;夜以继日;连续不断
all the time; continuously - The machines are kept running night and day.
这些机器夜以继日地运转着。 the good/bad old days - 往昔的好 / 苦日子
an earlier period of time in your life or in history that is seen as better/worse than the present - That was in the bad old days of rampant inflation.
那是在物价飞涨、生活艰难的往昔。 the order of the day - 常见的;流行的;适宜的
common, popular or suitable at a particular time or for a particular occasion - Pessimism seems to be the order of the day.
悲观失望似乎是当今司空见惯的情形。 the other day/morning/evening/week - 那天,那天早上,那天晚上,那个星期(用于指说话前不久的日子)
recently - I saw Jack the other day.
我前几天看到杰克了。 pass the time of day (with sb) - (与某人)寒暄,打招呼,闲谈一会儿
to say hello to sb and have a short conversation with them (as) plain as a pikestaff(as) plain as day(as) plain as the nose on your face - 一清二楚;一目了然;显而易见
very obvious save, keep, etc. sth for a rainy day - 有备无患;未雨绸缪
to save sth, especially money, for a time when you will really need it Rome wasn't built in a day - 罗马不是一天建成的;复杂的工作不会一蹴而就
used to say that a complicated task will take a long time and needs patience your salad days - 年少不谙世事的岁月;涉世未深的青少年时代
the time when you are young and do not have much experience of life save the day/situation - 挽回败局;扭转局面
to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain to happen - Owen's late goal saved the day for Liverpool.
欧文后来的进球为利物浦队挽回了败局。 not give sb the time of day - 对某人厌弃不睬
to refuse to speak to sb because you do not like or respect them - Since the success of her novel, people shake her hand who once wouldn't have given her the time of day.
自从她的小说获得成功之后,曾经懒得答理她的人也跟她握起手来。
牛津词典
noun
- 一天;一日
a period of 24 hours- I saw Tom three days ago.
我三天前见过汤姆。 - ‘What day is it today?’ ‘Monday.’
“今天星期几?”“星期一。” - We're going away in a few days/in a few days' time .
我们过几天就要离开了。 - They left the day before yesterday (= two days ago) .
他们前天就走了。 - We're meeting the day after tomorrow (= in two days) .
我们后天要见面。 - New Year's Day
元旦 - Take the medicine three times a day .
每日服药三次。 - We can't go there today. You can go another day .
我们今天不能去那儿。你可以改天去。
- I saw Tom three days ago.
- 白昼;白天
the time between when it becomes light in the morning and when it becomes dark in the evening- The sun was shining all day .
白天一直阳光明媚。 - I could sit and watch the river all day long .
我可以整天坐在这里看那条河。 - He works at night and sleeps during the day .
他晚上干活,白天睡觉。 - Nocturnal animals sleep by day and hunt by night.
夜间活动的动物白天睡觉晚上猎食。
- The sun was shining all day .
- 工作日;一天的活动时间
the hours of the day when you are awake, working, etc.- a seven-hour working day
七小时工作日 - 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 .
她并没干一整天的工作。 - I took a half day off yesterday.
昨天我休假半天。 - Have a nice day!
祝你度过愉快的一天!
- a seven-hour working day
- 时期;时代
a particular period of time or history- in Queen Victoria's day
在维多利亚女王时代 - the early days of computers
计算机早期阶段 - Most women stayed at home in those days .
在那个时代,大多数妇女都待在家里。 - in the old days (= in the past)
昔日;过去;先前
- in Queen Victoria's day
柯林斯词典
- (一周中的)一日,一天
Adayis one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week. - N-VAR 昼;白天
Dayis the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things.- The weather did not help; hot by day, cold at night...
天气也不肯帮忙:白天很热,晚上很冷。 - 27 million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness...
每年有 2,700 万个工作日因为工作事故和病假而损失掉了。 - He arranged for me to go down to London one day a week...
他安排我每周去伦敦一天。 - The snack bar is open during the day.
小吃店白天营业。
- The weather did not help; hot by day, cold at night...
- N-COUNT 时期;时代
You can refer to a particular period in history as a particulardayor as particulardays.- He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day...
他开始讲述他叔叔那个时代的乌克兰。 - Did you learn anything in your day, as a student?
你在学生时代学到什么东西了吗? - ...his early days of struggle and deep poverty...
他早期一贫如洗、努力奋斗的日子 - She is doing just fine these days.
她目前状况不错。
- He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day...
- PHRASE 日复一日;一天又一天
If something happensday after day, it happens every day without stopping.- The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.
这份报社的工作让我日复一日地做着同样的事。
- The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.
- PHRASE 如今;在当代;在今天这个时代
In this day and agemeans in modern times.- Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.
即使在今天这个时代,这些陈旧的观念依然存在。
- Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.
- PHRASE 破旧;陈旧;状况不佳
If you say that somethinghas seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition.- The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days.
她穿的那件粗花呢夹克已经很旧了。
- The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days.
- PHRASE 到此为止;结束
If youcall it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.- Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable...
面对着不断增加的债务,最终难免作出将其结束的决定。 - I want the manager's job when he calls it a day.
等到经理不干了之后,我想接替他的位子。
- Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable...
- PHRASE (在战斗、辩论或体育竞赛中)获胜,取胜
If someonecarries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition.- For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.
眼下似乎是自由主义者占据了上风。
- For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.
- PHRASE 已过全盛时期;风光不再;不再流行
If you say that somethinghas haditsday, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.- Beat music may finally have had its day...
强节奏摇滚乐的黄金时期或许已经终结。 - Interior decoration by careful coordination seems to have had its day.
精心搭配的室内装饰似乎已不再受欢迎了。
- Beat music may finally have had its day...
- PHRASE 使…非常高兴
If somethingmakesyourday, it makes you feel very happy.- Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day...
来吧,比尔。给汤姆寄张卡片让他高兴高兴吧。 - It was a joy to see. It really made my day.
这太有趣了,真的把我高兴坏了。
- Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day...
- PHRASE 日日夜夜;夜以继日
If something happensday and nightornight and day, it happens all the time without stopping.- Chantal kept a fire burning night and day...
尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。 - He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。
- Chantal kept a fire burning night and day...
- PHRASE 将来有一天;总有一天;有朝一日
One dayorsome dayorone of these daysmeans at some time in the future.- I too dreamed of living in London one day...
我也梦想过将来有一天能住在伦敦。 - I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy...
我希望有一天你能找到一个会让你幸福的女人。 - One of these days we will get lucky.
总有一天我们会走运的。
- I too dreamed of living in London one day...
- PHRASE 几天前;前两天
If you say that something happenedthe other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago.- I phoned your office the other day...
几天前我给你的办公室打过电话。 - We had lunch the other day at our favorite restaurant.
前两天我们在最喜欢的餐馆吃了午饭。
- I phoned your office the other day...
- PHRASE 挽回局面;扭转败局;转危为安;反败为胜
If someone or somethingsaves the dayin a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful.- ...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party...
这个关于他如何在女儿的生日聚会上成功挽回局面的故事 - A last moment election can save the day.
最后一刻举行选举可能会反败为胜。
- ...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party...
- PHRASE 每天;天天;逐日
If something happensfrom day to dayorday by day, it happens each day.- Your needs can differ from day to day...
你的需要每天可能都会不同。 - I live for the moment, day by day, not for the past.
我活在当下,过一天算一天,而不是活在过去。
- Your needs can differ from day to day...
- PHRASE 正好;恰好;一天不差
If it is a month or a yearto the daysince a particular thing happened, it is exactly a month or a year since it happened.- It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore...
那天是 1月 19 号,他到新加坡正好一年的日子。 - Twenty-five years ago, to the day, England reached the sport's pinnacle by winning the World Cup.
恰好是在 25 年前的今天,英格兰队在世界杯上夺冠,到达了足球运动的巅峰。
- It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore...
- PHRASE 至今;直到现在
To this daymeans up until and including the present time.- To this day young Zulu boys practise fighting.
直到现在年轻的祖鲁男孩还练习格斗。
- To this day young Zulu boys practise fighting.
- PHRASE 获胜/失败
If a particular person, group, or thingwins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If theylose the day, they are defeated.- His determination and refusal to back down had won the day...
他的坚定和拒不退让使他赢得了胜利。 - Few in Westminster doubt that the government will win the day.
在英国议会中,几乎没有人对政府将会获胜存有怀疑。
- His determination and refusal to back down had won the day...
- PHRASE (困难的任务)日常工作一部分的,常有的,难免的
If you say that a task isall in a day's workfor 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.- 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。 - I said: 'How can I ever thank you?' but he waved the question aside. 'It's all in a day's work.'
我说:“我该怎么感谢你才好呢?”但他却没把这当回事,只是说:“这是我该做的。”
- For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work...
- yourday in court→ see:court
英英释义
noun
- a period of opportunity
- he deserves his day in court
- every dog has his day
- some point or period in time
- it should arrive any day now
- after that day she never trusted him again
- those were the days
- these days it is not unusual
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- my day began early this morning
- it was a busy day on the stock exchange
- she called it a day and went to bed
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- two days later they left
- they put on two performances every day
- there are 30,000 passengers per day
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- Mother's Day
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- the dawn turned night into day
- it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- how long is a day on Jupiter?
- an era of existence or influence
- in the day of the dinosaurs
- in the days of the Roman Empire
- in the days of sailing ships
- he was a successful pianist in his day
双语例句
- Interior decoration by careful coordination seems to have had its day.
精心搭配的室内装饰似乎已不再受欢迎了。 - The weather did not help; hot by day, cold at night
天气也不肯帮忙:白天很热,晚上很冷。 - 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。 - Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable
面对着不断增加的债务,最终难免作出将其结束的决定。 - I too dreamed of living in London one day
我也梦想过将来有一天能住在伦敦。 - I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy
我希望有一天你能找到一个会让你幸福的女人。 - The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.
这份报社的工作让我日复一日地做着同样的事。 - I phoned your office the other day
几天前我给你的办公室打过电话。 - The snack bar is open during the day.
小吃店白天营业。 - A last moment election can save the day.
最后一刻举行选举可能会反败为胜。