Sunday

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Related topics: Chronology

Sun·day /ˈsʌndi, -deɪ/ S2 W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 TMC (written abbreviation Sun.) the day between Saturday and Monday 星期日，星期天

on Sunday

We’re going to a match on Sunday.

我们星期天要去看场比赛。

What are you doing Sunday? American EnglishAmE

你星期天做什么？

Sunday morning/afternoon etc

Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.

星期天晚上通常都很安静。

last Sunday

It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday.

上个星期天是我们的结婚纪念日。

this Sunday

There’s another antiques market this Sunday.

本周日还有一场古玩交易集市。

next Sunday (=Sunday of next week) 下（个）星期日

We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.

我们将于下周日宣布获胜者名单。

a Sunday (=one of the Sundays in the year) 一个星期日

Finding a dentist on a Sunday can be very difficult.

星期天要找牙医会很困难。

2. your Sunday best DCCyour best clothes, worn only for special occasions or for church 〔某人〕最好的衣服，盛装

3. Sunday driver TTCINSULTan insulting expression meaning someone who annoys other people by driving too slowly 星期日司机〔侮辱性用语，指开车慢得令人生气的人〕

Examples from the Corpus

Sunday driver• Too many Sunday drivers for my liking.• He has the settled attitude of the Sunday driver.

→ never in a month of Sundays at month(6)

Examples from the Corpus

Sunday• This is where, naively, we set out for a walk on a recent drizzly Sunday.• He was shot in the face at close range last Sunday by a gunman and an accomplice.• He had reserved on a flight leaving Sunday.• The Vikings play the Giants on the road on Sunday.• It was a further step in their development on the road to possible overall victory at this stadium on Sunday.• Football season starts Sunday.• He had resolved to begin the communal discernment that he hoped would end the Standing on the Sunday after the Epiphany.• Hours are limited to noon to 8 p. m. Wednesday through Sunday.

on Sunday• It snowed on Sunday.

Origin Sunday

Old English sunnandæg

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