weekend
英 [wi?k'end; 'wi?-]
美 ['wik?nd]
- n. 周末，周末休假；周末聚會(huì)
- adj. 周末的，周末用的
- vi. 度周末
英文詞源
- weekend (n.)
- also week-end, 1630s, from week + end (n.). Originally a northern word (referring to the period from Saturday noon to Monday morning); it became general after 1878. As an adjective, "only on weekends," it is recorded from 1935. Long weekend attested from 1900; in reference to Great Britain in the period between the world wars, 1944.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.
- 經(jīng)過(guò)3個(gè)周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了倫道夫的求婚。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The winner will face the Oakland A's in the playoffs this weekend.
- 獲勝者將在本周末的季后賽中對(duì)陣奧克蘭運(yùn)動(dòng)者隊(duì)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Why don't you and I go away this weekend?
- 不如咱倆這個(gè)周末出去度假吧？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike.
- 周末與教師工會(huì)舉行的談判避免了一場(chǎng)罷工。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived.
- 本周，一顆燃燒彈炸毀了一棟有60位居民的樓房。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句