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单词 arvo
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Definition of arvo in English:

arvo

nounPlural arvos ˈɑːvəʊ
Australian, NZ informal
  • Afternoon.

    on Monday arvo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And how is it that I spent Friday night - Tuesday morning with him, and it's now Tuesday arvo and I miss him like crazy?
    • A barbie in the arvo always sounds like a great plan and not in the slightest bit pretentious if suggested by an Australian.
    • Milder conditions prevailed last Saturday with the greens recovering at a great rate and a north-easterly springing up in the arvo, making good scores a little tougher.
    • So I'm making some food yesterday arvo - veggie tofu stir fry with buckwheat noodles - when my mobile rings and it's Lewis.
    • Because today's a public holiday, Sunday night was without that familiar cramp in the neck from thinking about Monday's workload, even though I actually have to work later in the arvo today.
    • Sunday arvo saw the girls head off to the Grandparent's place for the week.
    • Don't forget to come to the Xmas party on Xmas eve at three in the arvo at the Community Hall.
    • By Sunday arvo I was knackered from all the excitement.
    • They practice a lot, going around every arvo after school, bringing to life the old adage ‘practice makes perfect‘.
    • It should be an exciting finish this Sunday arvo.
    • Kev and I crawl out of my bed at some point in the arvo, I have no idea whether I have been sleeping.
    • Rugby I can understand - it's fairly exciting, everyone can play it, you can take the kids down the park of a Sunday arvo and throw the ball around.
    • Emma R. rang me this arvo and asked me some stuff about PowerPoint… she was having trouble putting pictures up onto her slides…
    • So after a rather wearing morning I only had the arvo to make the final arrangements.
    • Sunday arvo was spent with the boys watching a few cracking games of footy on the telly.
    • Tomorrow morning I have to work and tomorrow arvo I have to do my other linguistics practice and finish writing my Spanish oral.
    • I'd go for a kayaking arvo while he'd pore over camera magazines.
    • This arvo I made up a CD of all the songs she'd like that have been released in the last 4 months, and she will not have heard before.
    • I might have a look at it tomorrow arvo to get an idea of the problem.
    • Brother got home in the arvo… pretty much kicked me off the computers…

Origin

1930s: abbreviation of afternoon (with voicing of the f) + -o.

Rhymes

bravo, centavo, multum in parvo, octavo
 
 
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