| 单词 | date |
| 释义 | date (once / 63 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n A date is a particular day of the month, and to date is to go out with someone. You might have the date of your first date with a special someone marked on your calendar. Awwwwwwww. Date comes from the Latin datus, "given," because in ancient Rome when people wrote letters or decrees, they'd say, "given ("data") May 1st" (for example). Date can mean a day of each year, like May 1st, or one historical day, like May 1st, 1873. You make a date to meet someone for dinner. You date your letter. If you make many appointments with one special lady, you're dating her. A date is also a fruit, from the date palm. WORD FAMILYdate: antedate, datable, dateable, dated, dateless, dates, dating, foredate, misdate, postdate, predate+/antedate: antedated, antedates, antedating/datable: undatable/dated: datedly, undated/dateless: datelessly/dating: datings/misdate: misdated, misdates, misdating/postdate: postdated, postdates, postdating/predate: predated, predates, predating USAGE EXAMPLESSmarter Applications is launching a fridge webcam at CES that alerts owners to when food nears its expiry date. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Iridium says it in a tweet that it is pleased with the SpaceX’s announcement and target launch date. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The new community plan replaces one dating back to 1990. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the specified day of the month what is the date today? Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper day of the month 6 June 1944 date of the Allied landing in France, World War II due date, maturity, maturity date the date on which an obligation must be repaid birthday, natal daythe date on which a person was born 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis 2n a particular day specified as the time something happens the date of the election is set by law Hypo|Hyper future date a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen rain datean alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date sell-by datea date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis 3n the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class Hypo|Hyper date of reference, epoch (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded calendar day, civil day a day reckoned from midnight to midnight calendar year, civil yearthe year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar calendar month, monthone of the twelve divisions of the calendar year 4n a particular but unspecified point in time they hoped to get together at an early date Syn|Hyper particular date point, point in time an instant of time 5n the present they are up to date we haven't heard from them to date Hyper nowadays, present the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech 6v provide with a dateline; mark with a date She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated Hypo|Hyper date-mark, dateline, datemark mark with a date and place date stampstamp with a date furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 7v stamp with a date The package is dated November 24 Syn|Hyper date stamp stamp to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something 8v assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of 2Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings Hypo|Hyper chronologise, chronologize establish the order in time of something misdateassign the wrong date to antedate, foredate, predateestablish something as being earlier relative to something else postdateestablish something as being later relative to something else determine, set fix conclusively or authoritatively 1n a meeting arranged in advance she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date Syn|Hypo|Hyper appointment, engagement blind date a date with a stranger double datea date in which two couples participate rendezvous, trysta date; usually with a member of the opposite sex get together, meeting a small informal social gathering 2n a participant in a date his date never stopped talking Syn|Hypo|Hyper escort blind date a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow a friend who is frequently in the company of another 3v go on a date with Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart Syn|Hypo|Hyper go out, go steady, see date regularly; have a steady relationship with double-date go out on a date with a partner and another couple go out leave the house to go somewhere 4v date regularly; have a steady relationship with 3He is dating his former wife again! Syn|Hyper go out, go steady, see affiliate, associate, assort, consort keep company with; hang out with n sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed Hyper edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
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