英语词汇“diurnal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	diurnal
释义	di·ur·nal I. \(ˈ)dī\|ərn^əl, -\|ə̄n-, -\|əin-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English diurnall, from Latin diurnalis — more at journal 1. a. : repeated or recurring every day : daily < the diurnal round of tasks and cares > b. : going through its changes in a day; specifically : having a recurrent daily cycle of change < diurnal rotation of the heavens — D.J.Price > 2. a. : performed in or belonging to the daytime < black bats, inverted in diurnal slumber — P.M.Hubbard > < the city's diurnal noises faded with the night > b. : chiefly active during the daytime < hunting dogs are mainly diurnal animals — James Stevenson-Hamilton > — compare nocturnal 3. of a flower a. : opening during the day and closing at night b. : lasting only a day : ephemeral 4. of a sign of the zodiac : uneven < the 1st, 3d, and 5th are diurnal signs > • di·ur·nal·ly \-^əlē, -^əli\ adverb II. noun (-s) 1. obsolete : a small volume containing the services for the canonical hours which are said in the daytime 2. archaic : daybook, diary 3. archaic : a daily newspaper or journal
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