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单词 weekends
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weekendsadv.

Brit. /ˌwiːkˈɛndz/, /ˈwiːkɛndz/, U.S. /ˈwikˌɛndz/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: weekend n.
Etymology: < the plural of weekend n., after weekdays adv. and weeknights adv. Compare earlier Sundays (see Sunday adv. 2).
chiefly U.S.
At weekends; during weekends.
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1912 J. H. Harper House of Harper xlii. 652 He..would like to go home week ends, so as to spend Sundays with his family.
1948 Billboard 31 July 54/1 The big attendance will come week-ends, constituting the fair's big test in more ways than one.
1983 Times 14 Apr. 12/5 My present girlfriend is a university lecturer who also works weekends.
1999 Burlington (Vermont) Free Press (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. b1 Weekends, he climbs into his car and drives 120 miles round-trip from his Calais home to choice fields in Addison County.
2009 A. A. Rooney Andy Rooney 186 We..keep on going weekends right through September.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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