| 单词 | heyday |
| 释义 | heyday (once / 4988 pages) n A heyday is a peak of popularity or success. If you hear someone say "Hey! Back in the day, I was the best boxer in the city! No one could beat me!" he might be remembering his heyday as a fighter. If you remember a time in the past when you were doing something really well or getting a lot of attention or fame, you might be reminiscing about your heyday. A person or an organization — and even a thing — can have a heyday, or a peak time when everything goes well. The good news is that a heyday can come again and again, so while your heyday as student president might be just a memory, there might be a heyday as governor of your state years later. WORD FAMILYheyday: heydays USAGE EXAMPLESLou Pepper, 92, the respected former CEO of Washington Mutual during its heyday and named partner of Seattle law firm Foster Pepper, died Dec. 23. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Lou Pepper, who led Washington Mutual during its heyday, was much respected by the bank’s employees. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) “Because these landscapes are not that old, people remember them during their heyday,” Mr. Birnbaum said. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) n the period of greatest prosperity or productivity Syn|Hypo|Hyper bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, peak, prime golden age a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak period, period of time, time period an amount of time |
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