| 单词 | day |
| 释义 | dayday /deɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural days) 124 HOURS [countable] a period of 24 hours: “What day is today?” “Friday.” We spent four days in Cuba. Tanya left two days ago (=two days before today).on a/the day It was raining on the day we got there. He didn’t leave the house for days (=for several days). My mother calls me every day. Take two pills a day (=each day). One of my friends was in a car accident the day before yesterday. I have a meeting with him the day after tomorrow.Independence/election/Christmas etc. day There was rioting on election day.2WHEN IT IS LIGHT [countable, uncountable] the period of time between when it becomes light in the morning and the time it becomes dark OPP night: It was sunny all day. On a hot day it’s nice to have ice cream. Morning is my favorite time of day. Owls usually sleep by day (=during the day) and hunt by night. My neighbor’s dog barks day and night (=all the time).3WHEN YOU ARE AWAKE [countable usually singular] the time during the day when you are awake: His day begins at six. It’s been a very long day (=a day when you were very busy and awake for a long time). Frank eats all day long (=continuously during the day). We took the kids for a day out (=a day when you go somewhere for fun) at the zoo.4WHEN YOU ARE WORKING [countable] the time spent working during a 24-hour period: I work an eight-hour day.a bad/good day I had a terrible day at work today. He never took a day off (=had a day of vacation) in ten years. → see also workday5PAST [countable] used to talk about a time in the past: That was the day I realized I needed help. One day (=on a day in the past), he just decided to quit his job. I went to the new library the other day (=on a day not too long ago). There wasn’t much traffic in those days (=during a period quite a long time ago). Travel was not so easy, before the days of airplanes (=the time when airplanes began to exist).somebody’s army/student/working etc. days She remembered her childhood days very clearly. In the early days of (=at the beginning of) our marriage, we lived in New York. The article reflected the thinking of the day (=that was happening at a time in the past).the (good) old days (=a time in the past that you think was better than the present time)those were the days! (=used to say that a time in the past was better than the present time)6NOW [countable] used to talk about the situation that exists now: I don’t have the time to do much exercise these days (=now, as opposed to in the past). The house remains exactly the same to this day (=up to now, even though a long time has passed).until/up to/to the present day (=until and including now)7FUTURE [countable] used to talk about a time in the future: I can’t wait for the day when I can quit my job.one/some day One day, we’ll own a big house in the country. One of these days (=soon, used to warn that something bad will happen) I’m going to get mad and hit him. The baby is due any day now (=very soon).the day will/may come The day will finally come when a woman is elected president.8somebody’s/something’s day a successful period of time in someone’s life or in something’s existence: McClellan was the best trainer of troops in his day (=during the time when he was young and successful). Don’t be disappointed you didn’t win – your day will come (=you will be successful in the future). Game shows like that have had their day (=were successful in the past, but are not anymore).9make somebody’s day to make someone very happy: Your smile makes my day.10day by day slowly and gradually: Day by day Jeff began to feel better. We’ll just take it day by day.11from day one informal from the beginning of a process, activity, etc.: We’ve said from day one that we finish on time.12from day to day used when you are comparing the differences that happen to something on different days: Property values can vary from day to day.13day after day happening continuously for a long time so that you become annoyed or bored: The same exercises can get boring if you do them day after day.14day in, day out every day for a long time: I’m tired of school. It’s the same thing day in, day out.15in this day and age used to say what a situation is like, especially when you think it should be different in a modern society: It seems incredible, in this day and age, that a ship can just disappear.16have an off day to be less successful or happy than usual, for no particular reason: He was obviously having an off day when he wrote this.SPOKEN PHRASES17not have all day to not have much time to do something: Hurry up, we don’t have all day!18it’s not my/your/his day used when several bad things have happened to someone in one day: This is just not my day. I was late to work, my computer crashed, and my boss yelled at me.19it’s (just) one of those days used to say that everything seems to be going wrong20that’ll be the day used to say that you think something is very unlikely to happen: “Bill says he’ll wash the dishes tonight.” “That’ll be the day!”21it’s your/his/my lucky day! used when something very good happens to someone: It must be my lucky day. I just found a $10 bill.22be on days (also be working days) to be working during the day doing a job that you sometimes have to do at night, for example if you work in a hospital: I’m on days this week.23it’s not every day (that) used to say that something does not happen often and is therefore very special: It’s not every day that you see a movie star.24(live to) see the day to experience something that you thought would never happen: I never thought I’d see the day when we’d have to cut so many jobs.2540/50/60 etc. if somebody’s a day used to emphasize that someone is at least as old as you are saying: She’s 90 if she’s a day.26make a day of it to decide to spend all day doing something, usually for pleasure: We were going into New York anyway, so we decided to make a day of it.27have had your/its day to not be successful, powerful, or famous anymore: It seems as if Communism has had its day.28by day’s end by the time it becomes night on a particular day: By day’s end, 1,000 firefighters had been called in.29five/three/nine etc. years to the day exactly five years, three years, etc. ago: It was 25 years to the day after they got married.30somebody’s days someone’s time or someone’s whole life: Mary spends her days writing love letters. She ended her days in poverty.31somebody’s/something’s days (as something) are numbered used to say that someone or something will not continue to exist or be effective: Her days as CEO are numbered.32from one day to the next if something changes from one day to the next, it does not stay the same for very long: I never know where he’ll be from one day to the next.33soup/dish/fish of the day the special soup, etc. that a restaurant serves on a particular day34the day of reckoning the time when you are punished or made to suffer for the things you have done wrong → see also call it a day at call1 (12), day job, dog1 (5), have a field day at field day (1), half-day, it’s (a little) late in the day at late1 (11), save the day at save1 (13)WORD CHOICE: phrases with “day”• Something that changes from day to day is different every day: The polls can change from day to day.• Something that develops day by day changes gradually each day: Their love grew stronger day by day.• Something that happens day after day is repeated every day: I get tired of listening to their complaints day after day.GRAMMAR: day• Use on (NOT “in” or “at”) before the names of days and the word day itself: on Thursday/on that day/on the same day/on the second day Do not, however, use on before the phrase the other day: I went to the beach the other day (=a few days ago).Don’t say: I went to the beach on the other day.• Note that you say in those days but do not use “in” with these days: In those days, people rode trains, but these days everybody flies.• You do not use “the” with all day: Some people watch TV all day.Don't say: all the day. |
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