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单词 morning
释义 morn·ing
I. \ˈmȯrniŋ, ˈmȯ(ə)n-, -nēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English morning, morwening, from morn, morwen + -ing (as in Middle English evening)
1.
 a. : the break of day : dawn
  < upon their path the morning broke — P.B.Shelley >
  < the red morning touched him with its light — R.W.Emerson >
  < tossed and turned all night until morning finally came >
 b. : the early hours of light : the time from rising to noon
  < uses the mornings for calling on his customers >
  < does his best work in the morning >
 c. : the time from midnight to noon
  < there was a full moon, and about two o'clock in the morning a great concourse assembled — John Buchan >
  < it was then eleven o'clock in the morning — Nevil Shute >
2. : the beginning of something : a period of first development or of freshness and vigor
 < a steamship five times the size of the biggest vessel afloat then, in the morning of steamers — James Dugan >
 < the morning of the world, when life seemed simpler if no less cruel — Herbert Agar >
 < the morning of life >
3. chiefly Scotland
 a. : an alcoholic drink taken before breakfast
 b. : a light meal eaten before breakfast
II. adjective
: of, belonging to, or intended primarily for use in the morning
 < morning coffee >
 < morning freshness >
 < morning tabloids have a heavy sale among homeward bound theatergoers — Bruce Westley >
 < once more I was my morning self, tough, hearty, and invulnerable — Nancy Hale >
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