单词 | date |
释义 | Word Frequency date 1(deɪt) noun 1. a specified day of the month today's date is October 27 2. the particular day or year of an event the date of the Norman Conquest was 1066 3. (plural) the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period 4. an inscription on a coin, letter, etc, stating when it was made or written 5. a. an appointment for a particular time, esp with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attached she has a dinner date b. the person with whom the appointment is made 6. the present moment; now (esp in the phrases to date, up to date) verb ▶ USAGE See note at year 7. (transitive) to mark (a letter, coin, etc) with the day, month, or year 8. (transitive) to assign a date of occurrence or creation to 9. (intr; foll by from or back to) to have originated (at a specified time) his decline dates from last summer 10. (transitive) to reveal the age of that dress dates her 11. to make or become old-fashioned some good films hardly date at all 12. informal, mainly US and Canadian a. to be romantically attached to (someone) b. to accompany (someone with whom one is romantically attached) on a date Derived forms datable (ˈdatable) or dateable (ˈdateable) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French, from Latin dare to give, as in the phrase epistula data Romae letter handed over at RomeWord Frequency date 2(deɪt) noun 1. the fruit of the date palm, having sweet edible flesh and a single large woody seed 2. short for date palm Word origin C13: from Old French, from Latin, from Greek daktulos finger |
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