| 单词 | eve |
| 释义 | eve (once / 597 pages) n An eve is the day — or night — just before some event. You might call the day before your birthday your "birthday eve." Some holidays are well-known for having the proceeding days distinguished as eves: many of us celebrate New Year's Eve, others gather for meals on Christmas Eve or Passover Eve, and the word "Halloween" comes from "All Hallow's Eve." The word eve is sometimes also a shortened form of evening, the last part of the day: "It stays light so late on a summer's eve." WORD FAMILYeve: eves USAGE EXAMPLESThen Jeff Carter saved the Kings again, on the eve of his 32nd birthday. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Health reform, they’ll claim, was always a failure, and it was already collapsing on the eve of the GOP takeover. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) On the eve of his last day in office, McCrory discussed a wide range of topics, including the law, referred to as House Bill 2. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the day before he always arrives on the eve of her departure Hyper 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 the period immediately before something on the eve of the French Revolution Hyper period, period of time, time period an amount of time 3n the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) Syn|Hypo|Hyper even, evening, eventide guest night an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests day, daylight, daytime the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside Eve (once / 856 pages) n WORD FAMILY Eve: Eves USAGE EXAMPLESOn New Year’s Eve, anything with feathers and a pulse was counted by about 200 birders from dawn until almost dusk. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) I am not a New Year’s Eve person. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) With their game against the Miami Dolphins in overtime on Christmas Eve, the Buffalo Bills tried a reverse to Reggie Bush. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) n (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Exp adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
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