| 单词 | red-letter day |
| 释义 | red-letter day (once / 40478 pages) n A wonderful or especially memorable day can be called a red-letter day. If your grandpa loves to fish, a red-letter day for him would be one he spends on a boat, reeling in one bass after another. The day you win the Pulitzer Prize would qualify as a red-letter day — while for a preschooler, a red-letter day might be the day she gets to wear her Batman costume to the playground. The original red-letter day was a feast day or saint's day marked in red ink on church calendars. The tradition spread to academia and to many modern calendars as well. WORD FAMILYred-letter day USAGE EXAMPLESFriday, June 24, 2016, will undoubtedly be a red-letter day in U.K. history. Wall Street Journal(Jun 24, 2016) He managed to dominate the news cycle even on such a red-letter day. Salon(Jun 08, 2016) “Red-Letter Day: The notes my dying mother wrote to me a decade ago are haunting my life milestones.” Slate(Jun 01, 2016) n a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars) Hyper day a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance |
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