/deɪ ||; de/noun1 [C] a period of 24 hours. Seven days make up a week 一日;一天: ‘What day is it today?’ ‘Tuesday.’ “今天是星期几?”“星期二。”We went to Italy for ten days. 我们去了意大利十天。We're meeting again the day after tomorrow/in two days' time. 我们后天又要见面。The next/following day I saw Mark again. 次日我又见过马克。I'd already spoken to him the day before/the previous day. 我前一天已经跟他说过话。I have to take these pills twice a day. 这些药片我一天得服两次。I work six days a week. Sunday's my day off (= when I do not work). 我每周工作六天。星期日我不上班。
2 [C,U] the time when the sky is light; not night 日间;白天;白昼: The days were warm but the nights were freezing. 白天暖和,但晚上冷得很。It's been raining all day (long). 下了一整天雨。Owls sleep by day (= during the day) and hunt at night. 猫头鹰白天睡觉,夜间猎食。
3 [C] the hours of the day when you work 工作时间;上班时间: She's expected to work a seven-hour day. 她每天要上七个小时班。
4 [C] (also days) a particular period of time in the past (过去的某一)时代,时期: in Shakespeare's day 在莎士比亚时代There weren't so many cars in those days. 那个时代没有这么多汽车。
at the end of the day→
END¹
break of day→
BREAK²
call it a day→
CALL¹
day by day every day; as time passes 一天天:
Day by day, she was getting a little bit stronger. 她一天天强壮起来。 day in, day out every day, without any change 日复一日;不间断:
He sits at his desk working, day in, day out. 他日复一日伏案工作。 day-to-day happening as a normal part of each day; usual 每天的;日常的
from day to day;from one day to the next within a short period of time 在短时间之内:
Things change so quickly that we never know what will happen from one day to the next. 事物变化得这么快,我们根本无法知道明天会发生什么事。 have a field day→
FIELD DAYit's early days (yet)→
EARLYmake sb's day(
informal 非正式) to make sb very happy 使某人十分高兴
one day;some day at some time in the future 将来有一天;他日:
Some day we'll go back and see all our old friends. 有朝一日我们会回去看望所有的老朋友。 the other day a few days ago; recently 前几天;最近:
I bumped into him in town the other day. 前几天我在城里碰见他。 the present day→
PRESENT¹
these days in the present age; nowadays 现在;目前;如今