单词 | morning |
释义 | morning (once / 18 pages) n Morning is the earliest part of the day. No matter what time you get up, morning ends at noon. Originally, in the 13th century, morning meant the time just before sunrise. Now, morning technically starts at 12:00am and lasts until 12:00pm. If you describe yourself as a "morning person," you like to get up early. Strangely enough, a "night person," who stays up very late might not go to bed until several early-morning hours have passed. WORD FAMILYmorning: mornings USAGE EXAMPLESIn Georgia, some of the heaviest rains were expected early Tuesday morning, forecasters said. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Local media outlets reported that emergency officials advised residents to stay in their homes and assess damage in the morning. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) On Monday morning, the NBA announced Wall and Harden as the Eastern and Western Conference players of the week, respectively. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the time period between dawn and noon I spent the morning running errands Syn|Hyper forenoon, morn, morning time period, period of time, time period an amount of time 2n the first light of day they talked until morning Syn|Ant|Hyper aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup sundown, sunset the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon hour, time of day clock time 3n a conventional expression of greeting or farewell Syn|Hyper good morning farewell, word of farewell an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting greeting, salutation(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) 4n the earliest period the morning of the world Syn|Hyper dawn start the beginning of anything |
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