noon
noun /nuːn/
/nuːn/
[uncountable]Idioms - 12 o’clock in the middle of the day
正午；中午 - We should be there by noon.
我们应该最晚中午到达。 - The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday.
这次会议在星期六中午 12 点开幕。 - the noon deadline for the end of hostilities
中午结束敌对状态这一最后期限 - I'm leaving on the noon train.
我坐中午的火车走。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 12
- high
- around noon
- at noon
- by noon
- …
- morning, noon and night
词源Old English nōn ‘the ninth hour from sunrise, i.e. approximately 3 p.m.’, from Latin nona (hora) ‘ninth hour’. - We should be there by noon.
Idioms
morning, noon and night
- at all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that something happens very often or that it happens continuously)
从早到晚；一天到晚 - She talks about him morning, noon and night.
她整天把他挂在嘴边。 - The work continues morning, noon and night.
这项工作从早到晚持续进行。 - It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night.
她整天就是说这个。
- She talks about him morning, noon and night.