释义
[ noon -dey ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈnunˌdeɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of or at noon or midday: the usual noonday meal.
Origin of noonday First recorded in 1525–35; noon + day
Words nearby noonday nook and cranny, every, nookery, nooky, noon, Noonan's syndrome, noonday , no one, No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people, nooner, noonhour, nooning
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Evagrius, a famous hermit, blamed the “noonday demon” for tempting monks back to urban comforts.
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How long had it been since we were children of the beating heart, laughing and playing beneath the warmth of the noonday sun?
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Changing the field of view to the bivouacs, they seemed serenely quiet, under cover from the noonday August sun.
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Their further conversation was interrupted by the voice of the Professor, announcing that they would halt for their noonday meal.
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Why it's as clear as the sun at noonday that he loves her purely for her virtuous soul.
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Judith swept back the curtain from the lattice, and let a flood of noonday light into the hitherto carefully darkened chamber.
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This was fired, and it threw such a light upon the breach, that it was as clear as noonday .
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British Dictionary definitions for noonday noun the middle of the day; noon (as modifier ) the noonday sun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to noonday apex, meridian, midday, noontide, high noon, noontime, noon, peak, nooning