daytimen.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪˌtaɪm/

Forms: see day n. and time n., int., and conj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., time n.

Etymology: < day n. + time n. Compare Old Icelandic dagstími , Old Swedish daghtime (Swedish dagtimme ). Compare day tide n.

The time between sunrise and sunset; the time of daylight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [noun]

day tideOE

dayOE

daytimeOE

daylightOE

artificial daya1398

open day?a1430

lightmans1567

open daylight?1585

morning1749

OE Lambeth Psalter cxx. 6 Per diem sol non uret te neque luna per noctem : ðurh dægtiman uel geond dæg sunne ne forswæle þe ne mona geond nihte.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 135^v The sonne shone so Ardantly and gaf so grete hete that the peple durst not goo in the ayer by daye tyme.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxi[i]. 2 I crie in the daye tyme..and in the night season.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. sig. L.iij It is not lawful for the king to slepe by daie time: and yet in the night tyme to auoide trecherie, he is forced euery houre to chaunge his chambre.

a1626 F. Bacon Ess. (1798) 268 In the day time she sittith in a Watch Tower, and flyeth, most, by night.

1657 tr. F. de Quevedo Life & Adventures of Buscon 165 At day time we walk close-legg'd..lest..the embroideries of our py-bald breeches should be discovered.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 300 They watch and are free by turns in the day-time, but at night they must all be in the Fort.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. 18 Lights in the day-time were usual.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 95 Implying that I never sleep o' daytimes.

1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. ii. 46 No gentleman could wear anything in the daytime but Wellington boots, high up the leg, over which the trousers fitted tightly.

1939 Boys' Life June 15 He could not believe that there was any possible danger here in the day-time, under a bright sun and a cloudless sky.

2007 Guardian 10 Sept. 3/5 They..release the sleep hormone melatonin during the day, making them sleep in the daytime and rise at night.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. With the sense ‘occurring or taking place during the daytime, done during the daytime’ (esp. as opposed to evening or night), as daytime attack, daytime sleep, etc.

ΚΠ

1857 Young Men's Mag. Dec. 365 Naughty kitty..will steal her daytime naps upon the bed.

1873 Dental Cosmos Feb. 58 The usual play is entirely abandoned.., the usual daytime sleep entirely declined.

1907 Washington Post 26 July 1/8 (header) Daytime attack results in complete victory for Land Forces.

1968 Tulia (Texas) Herald 26 Sept. 1/4 (headline) Bob's Super Market hit in bold daytime heist.

1988 J. Schlight War in S. Vietnam vii. 175 Officers, like the enlisted men, were housed in..screened-in buildings where daytime sleeping was hot and uncomfortable.

2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Sept. a3 A man died fleeing a ‘volley’ of bullets during a brazen daytime ambush..yesterday.

b. With the sense ‘used or intended for use during the daytime’, as daytime telephone number, daytime wear, etc.

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1872 E. C. Gale Hints on Dress 45 It is desirable to possess a lace shawl for daytime wear in summer.

1902 Washington Post 6 Apr. 39/3 Taffeta made on the severest tailor lines..will rival cloth for..all occasions of handsome daytime dress.

1935 Technol. Rev. July p. xix/1 His daytime telephone number is TROwbridge 4400.

1954 Pop. Sci. Sept. 111/2 (caption) Roll-away bed..projects into room to make a daytime couch.

1982 S. M. O'Donnol Amer. Costume, 1915–70 69/2 Daytime shoe of beige kid trimmed with sections of dark brown lizard.

2014 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 21 Mar. l4 Please keep your submissions to 150 words and include a daytime contact number so we can follow up with any queries.

C2. attributive. Broadcasting. Designating a radio or television programme broadcast between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., or this type of programme as a genre (typically comprising light entertainment such as talk shows, soap operas, and the like), as daytime show, daytime television, etc. Cf. daytimer n.¹ 3.

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1934 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 26 May 2 Four years ago this personable young man made his air debut on a daytime show and ‘caught on’, as the phrase goes.

1944 Washington Post 17 Sept. s6 Daytime television can be practically discounted because the busy housewife has other things to do than..to watch the trials of Young Widder Brown's bedeviled existence.

1969 A. Arent Laying on of Hands vi. 46 I was one of five writers doing a daytime soap. One script a week.

1981 TV Picture Life Mar. 6/1 It was daytime TV shows..that first explored the ‘X’-rated areas of life.

1999 S. Banet-Weiser Most Beautiful Girl in World i. 43 Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford, hosts of a popular daytime television talk show, hosted the Miss America pageant.

2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) xix. 194 I had a whole day to kill and I didn't know how. I'd never been much of a reader and daytime TV was downright depressing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daytime
释义	daytimen. Brit. /ˈdeɪtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌtaɪm/ Forms: see day n. and time n., int., and conj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., time n. Etymology: < day n. + time n. Compare Old Icelandic dagstími , Old Swedish daghtime (Swedish dagtimme ). Compare day tide n. The time between sunrise and sunset; the time of daylight. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [noun] day tideOE dayOE daytimeOE daylightOE artificial daya1398 open day?a1430 lightmans1567 open daylight?1585 morning1749 OE Lambeth Psalter cxx. 6 Per diem sol non uret te neque luna per noctem : ðurh dægtiman uel geond dæg sunne ne forswæle þe ne mona geond nihte. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 135^v The sonne shone so Ardantly and gaf so grete hete that the peple durst not goo in the ayer by daye tyme. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxi[i]. 2 I crie in the daye tyme..and in the night season. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. sig. L.iij It is not lawful for the king to slepe by daie time: and yet in the night tyme to auoide trecherie, he is forced euery houre to chaunge his chambre. a1626 F. Bacon Ess. (1798) 268 In the day time she sittith in a Watch Tower, and flyeth, most, by night. 1657 tr. F. de Quevedo Life & Adventures of Buscon 165 At day time we walk close-legg'd..lest..the embroideries of our py-bald breeches should be discovered. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 300 They watch and are free by turns in the day-time, but at night they must all be in the Fort. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. 18 Lights in the day-time were usual. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 95 Implying that I never sleep o' daytimes. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. ii. 46 No gentleman could wear anything in the daytime but Wellington boots, high up the leg, over which the trousers fitted tightly. 1939 Boys' Life June 15 He could not believe that there was any possible danger here in the day-time, under a bright sun and a cloudless sky. 2007 Guardian 10 Sept. 3/5 They..release the sleep hormone melatonin during the day, making them sleep in the daytime and rise at night. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. With the sense ‘occurring or taking place during the daytime, done during the daytime’ (esp. as opposed to evening or night), as daytime attack, daytime sleep, etc. ΚΠ 1857 Young Men's Mag. Dec. 365 Naughty kitty..will steal her daytime naps upon the bed. 1873 Dental Cosmos Feb. 58 The usual play is entirely abandoned.., the usual daytime sleep entirely declined. 1907 Washington Post 26 July 1/8 (header) Daytime attack results in complete victory for Land Forces. 1968 Tulia (Texas) Herald 26 Sept. 1/4 (headline) Bob's Super Market hit in bold daytime heist. 1988 J. Schlight War in S. Vietnam vii. 175 Officers, like the enlisted men, were housed in..screened-in buildings where daytime sleeping was hot and uncomfortable. 2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Sept. a3 A man died fleeing a ‘volley’ of bullets during a brazen daytime ambush..yesterday. b. With the sense ‘used or intended for use during the daytime’, as daytime telephone number, daytime wear, etc. ΚΠ 1872 E. C. Gale Hints on Dress 45 It is desirable to possess a lace shawl for daytime wear in summer. 1902 Washington Post 6 Apr. 39/3 Taffeta made on the severest tailor lines..will rival cloth for..all occasions of handsome daytime dress. 1935 Technol. Rev. July p. xix/1 His daytime telephone number is TROwbridge 4400. 1954 Pop. Sci. Sept. 111/2 (caption) Roll-away bed..projects into room to make a daytime couch. 1982 S. M. O'Donnol Amer. Costume, 1915–70 69/2 Daytime shoe of beige kid trimmed with sections of dark brown lizard. 2014 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 21 Mar. l4 Please keep your submissions to 150 words and include a daytime contact number so we can follow up with any queries. C2. attributive. Broadcasting. Designating a radio or television programme broadcast between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., or this type of programme as a genre (typically comprising light entertainment such as talk shows, soap operas, and the like), as daytime show, daytime television, etc. Cf. daytimer n.¹ 3. ΚΠ 1934 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 26 May 2 Four years ago this personable young man made his air debut on a daytime show and ‘caught on’, as the phrase goes. 1944 Washington Post 17 Sept. s6 Daytime television can be practically discounted because the busy housewife has other things to do than..to watch the trials of Young Widder Brown's bedeviled existence. 1969 A. Arent Laying on of Hands vi. 46 I was one of five writers doing a daytime soap. One script a week. 1981 TV Picture Life Mar. 6/1 It was daytime TV shows..that first explored the ‘X’-rated areas of life. 1999 S. Banet-Weiser Most Beautiful Girl in World i. 43 Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford, hosts of a popular daytime television talk show, hosted the Miss America pageant. 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) xix. 194 I had a whole day to kill and I didn't know how. I'd never been much of a reader and daytime TV was downright depressing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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