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单词 May Day
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Definition of May Day in English:

May Day

noun
  • 11 May, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honouring workers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the painting, Rivera included a scene of a giant May Day demonstration of workers marching with red banners.
    • Some of the speeches that ran during the May Day celebrations can attest to this.
    • It is with this in mind that I and thousands like me celebrated another May Day.
    • How appropriate that he died on St. Joseph the Worker Day, or May Day, as it is known around the world.
    • AROUND 200 people attended a May Day peace festival in Aberdeen last weekend.
    • It was here that arguably the most potent aspect of May Day arose, the festival becoming a one-day strike in many countries.
    • The message of May Day is that the workers united will be in the best position to demand fair rules at work.
    • I can't really be bothered to post on the May Day celebrations that took place in Oxford today.
    • The May Day celebrations and march was a colourful event with both speeches and exchange of gifts.
    • On May Day 1917, 70,000 workers marched here in support of the February Revolution in Russia.
    • However, this was May Day and it was a day for workers to celebrate.
    • The pretence that they have somehow achieved unity among workers gives them a pretext to speak in the name of workers every year on May Day.
    • That was the spirit that inspired the establishment of May Day as international workers day.
    • In civilised parts of the world, it's May Day - a day to celebrate worker's struggles.
    • The second instalment, appearing next week, will focus on the international significance of May Day.
    • It would indeed be a pity, not just for the May Day celebrations, but for our very liberty, if the bridge were to be closed to preclude all such activities.
    • There's a long and proud tradition of May Day being a time of celebrating the achievements of the Labour Movement the world over.
    • What did May Day begin as and what do workers and activists do today to maintain the May Day tradition?
    • From its inception, May Day was an international phenomenon.
    • France has celebrated May Day for nearly 150 years, but never so passionately.
    1. 1.1 (in the UK) a public holiday on the first Monday in May.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Police said the suspect claimed they had been sent to cause havoc in Tarlac city during the May Day holiday.
      • Nobody in England actually pays very much attention to what the May Day holiday actually commemorates: it is just a long weekend.
      • It's May Day bank holiday and this year the VE Day anniversary celebrations are taking centre stage.
      • Two years ago on the May Day bank holiday weekend hundreds of revellers descended on Savernake Forest.
      • An influx of mainland travellers is anticipated in Hong Kong during the May Day holiday starting tomorrow.
      • It's been a Bank Holiday here today - the annual public holiday for May Day.
      • Radio 5 Live said this morning that it was the warmest May Day Bank holiday ever, or since the holiday was introduced, in 1978.
      • The museum intends to display the bugs during the May Day holiday.
      • I was invited by my friend during the May Day holidays to see a performance in the Lyceum Theatre.
      • Travel agencies had a quiet period during the past May Day holiday, usually their best season.
      • Spring is a great time of year, what with Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day… hardly a week goes by without a day off work.
      • The May Day bank holiday is due to be marked by protests in London.
      • Better times were back for North Yorkshire's battered tourist industry over the May Day Bank Holiday.
      • Speakers also called on the government to declare May Day a public holiday.
      • The workers of the UK, and probably across a lot of the world, get a bank holiday tomorrow for May Day.
      • This year we get barely a fortnight after Easter before we're all being turfed out of work again for the May Day holiday.
      • Looking for somewhere to spend the May Day bank holiday?
      • The county-wide crackdown at the start of the May Day Bank Holiday came in the wake of new legislation.
 
 

Definition of May Day in US English:

May Day

nounˈmā ˌdāˈmeɪ ˌdeɪ
  • May 1, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honoring workers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What did May Day begin as and what do workers and activists do today to maintain the May Day tradition?
    • The message of May Day is that the workers united will be in the best position to demand fair rules at work.
    • There's a long and proud tradition of May Day being a time of celebrating the achievements of the Labour Movement the world over.
    • AROUND 200 people attended a May Day peace festival in Aberdeen last weekend.
    • On May Day 1917, 70,000 workers marched here in support of the February Revolution in Russia.
    • How appropriate that he died on St. Joseph the Worker Day, or May Day, as it is known around the world.
    • From its inception, May Day was an international phenomenon.
    • France has celebrated May Day for nearly 150 years, but never so passionately.
    • Some of the speeches that ran during the May Day celebrations can attest to this.
    • However, this was May Day and it was a day for workers to celebrate.
    • The second instalment, appearing next week, will focus on the international significance of May Day.
    • That was the spirit that inspired the establishment of May Day as international workers day.
    • It would indeed be a pity, not just for the May Day celebrations, but for our very liberty, if the bridge were to be closed to preclude all such activities.
    • In the painting, Rivera included a scene of a giant May Day demonstration of workers marching with red banners.
    • It is with this in mind that I and thousands like me celebrated another May Day.
    • I can't really be bothered to post on the May Day celebrations that took place in Oxford today.
    • The May Day celebrations and march was a colourful event with both speeches and exchange of gifts.
    • The pretence that they have somehow achieved unity among workers gives them a pretext to speak in the name of workers every year on May Day.
    • It was here that arguably the most potent aspect of May Day arose, the festival becoming a one-day strike in many countries.
    • In civilised parts of the world, it's May Day - a day to celebrate worker's struggles.
 
 
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