Sunday
noun /ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
/ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
(abbreviation Sun.)
Idioms 星期日;星期天 - It's Sunday today, isn't it?
今天是星期天,不是吗? - She went to a cooking class last Sunday.
上周日她去上烹饪课了。 - Are you busy next Sunday?
下周日你忙吗? - Sunday morning/afternoon/evening
周日上午/下午/晚上 - We'll see each other at Sunday's party.
我们将在星期天的聚会上见面。 - I work Sunday to Thursday.
我从星期天工作到星期四。 - I work Sundays to Thursdays.
我星期天到星期四工作。 - on Sunday We'll meet on Sunday (= next Sunday).
我们将在星期天见面。 - We met on Sunday (= last Monday).
我们是在星期天相遇的。 - (informal or North American English) We'll meet Sunday.
我们星期天见面。 - on Sundays The office is closed on Sundays (= every Sunday).
办公室周日不办公。 - (especially North American English) The office is closed Sundays.
办公室星期天不营业。 - on a Sunday He was born on a Sunday.
他出生在一个星期天。 - I always do yoga on a Sunday (= every Sunday).
我总是在星期天做瑜伽。 - I went to Lisbon on Wednesday, and came back the following Sunday.
周三去了里斯本,第二天周日回来。 - (British English) ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Sunday (= the Sunday of the week we are talking about).’
“事故是什么时候发生的,”。“那天是星期天。 - (British English) Come back Sunday week (= a week after next Sunday).
下周日回来。
- It's Sunday today, isn't it?
- [countable, usually plural] (British English, informal) a newspaper published on a Sunday
每逢星期日出版的报纸;星期日报
词源Old English Sunnandæg ‘day of the sun’, translation of Latin dies solis; compare with Dutch zondag and German Sonntag.
Idioms
(in) a month of Sundays
- (informal) used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time
遥遥无期;根本不会发生 - You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
你找不到它的,根本不可能找到。 - It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it.
在英国学习跳伞是可能的,但是考虑到我们的天气,可能要花一个月的时间。
- You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
your Sunday best
- (informal, humorous) your best clothes
自己最好的衣服 - I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.
我为这个场合穿上了最好的衣服。
- I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.