midday

英 [ˌmɪdˈdeɪ]

美 [ˌmɪdˈdeɪ]

n.  中午; 正午

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.7619 / COCA.9129

牛津词典

noun

• 中午；正午
  12 o'clock in the middle of the day; the period around this time
  1. The train arrives at midday.
     列车正午到达。
  2. a midday meal
     午餐
  3. the heat of the midday sun
     正午骄阳的热力

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 中午;正午
  Middayis twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.
  1. At midday everyone would go down to Reg's Cafe...
     中午，大家都会下楼去雷吉餐馆。
  2. It's eight minutes after midday.
     现在的时间是正午过8分钟。
• N-UNCOUNT 中午时分(指中午12点钟前后的一段时间)
  Middayis the middle part of the day, from late morning to early afternoon.
  1. People were beginning to tire in the midday heat.
     在正午时分的热浪之中，人们开始感到疲倦。

英英释义

noun

• the middle of the day
  Synonym:noontwelve noonhigh noonnoondaynoontide

双语例句

• Don't forget that we have to see the director at midday, we must make sure that this meeting doesn't lap over.
  记住中午得去见经理，我们一定别让会开过头。
• It's eight minutes after midday.
  现在的时间是正午过8分钟。
• The air in the desert seemed to vibrate in the midday heat.
  沙漠里的空气在正午时刻被热气熏蒸得颤动起来。
• Her letter says she's arriving at midday.
  她信上说她中午到。
• Midday sun streamed into the drab little room which gave it a sudden cheerfulness.
  中午的阳光射入这间毫无生气的小屋，突然给了它一种快乐的气氛。
• Midday, you'd be no more boy.
  正午，你不应再是个少年。
• People were beginning to tire in the midday heat.
  在正午时分的热浪之中，人们开始感到疲倦。
• Presumably it was midday, and work in the fields had stopped.
  现在大概是晌午了吧，田间的农人也休息去了。
• One by one the guests drift out the front door into the wet midday heat.
  客人们一个接一个溜出前门，走进了正午又湿又热的空气中。
• Around midday, the fog lifted.
  中午时分雾就散了。