day
音标:英 /deɪ/,美 /deɪ/
时间单位:指地球自转一周的24小时周期,或从午夜到午夜的时间段。
例:"What day is today?" "It's Monday."(“今天星期几?”“今天星期一。”)
白昼时段:日出至日落的光亮时间,与夜晚相对。
例:Owls sleep by day and work at night.(猫头鹰白天睡觉,夜间活动。)
工作日:一天内的工作时长或特定工作时段。
例:We work an 8-hour day.(我们实行8小时工作制。)
时期/时代:某一特定历史阶段或人生阶段,常用复数形式。
例:I still remember my student days.(我仍记得学生时代。)
特殊日子:节日、纪念日或具有重大意义的一天。
例:Christmas Day is the 25th of December.(圣诞节是12月25日。)
全盛期:个人或事物的巅峰时期。
例:He was a great singer once but now he's had his day.(他曾是当红歌手,但如今风华不再。)
Father's Day/Mother's Day:父亲节/母亲节(特定节日)
day after day:日复一日,重复不断
例:The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.(这份报业工作让我日复一日做同样的事。)
day in, day out:天天,持续不断
例:I used to drink coffee day in, day out.(我过去每天都喝咖啡。)
call it a day:结束工作,收工
例:Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable.(面对不断增加的债务,停工是必然的。)
make someone's day:使某人非常高兴(非正式)
例:Send Tom a card and make his day.(给汤姆寄张卡片,让他开心一下。)
in this day and age:在现代,当今时代
例:Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.(即使在当今时代,旧观念依然存在。)
时间询问:
"What day is it?" "It's your wedding day."(“今天是什么日子?”“今天是你的婚礼。”)
日常描述:
It was a bright, sunny day.(那是阳光明媚的一天。)
时期指代:
He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day.(他开始讲述他叔叔那个年代的乌克兰。)
固定搭配:
She gives herself one day a week off, on Thursdays.(她每周四休息一天。)
易混淆词:与 date(日期)不同,day 侧重“星期几”或“时间段”,而 date 强调具体“年月日”。
词性扩展:可作形容词,如 day worker(日工),或用于复合词 daytime(白天)。
Carpe diem, seize the day(把握当下)
富兰克林曾说:“人类的幸福不在于罕见的鸿运,而在于日常的小确幸。”(Human felicity is produced... by little advantages that occur every day.)
通过以上用法,day 不仅是衡量时间的基本单位,还承载着对日常、时代和情感的表达,是英语中最常用的基础词汇之一。