喜樂美語

核心畫面

A grid that lays the days, weeks and months of a year out in front of your eyes — time made visible, so you can point at a square and say 'that day'.

可以想成一張把一整年的日子攤開來、排成格子的表：時間本來看不見、摸不到，但月曆把它畫成一格一格，你就能用手指著某一格…更多收起可以想成一張把一整年的日子攤開來、排成格子的表：時間本來看不見、摸不到，但月曆把它畫成一格一格，你就能用手指著某一格說「就是這天」。後面所有用法都是從「把時間排出來、看得見」這個畫面延伸出去的。

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

calendarnoun/ˈkæl.ən.də/

  • 1

    Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

    • The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.
  • 2

    A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

    • Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.
  • 3

    A list of planned events.

    • The club has a busy calendar this year.
  • 4

    An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

    • a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court
    • Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of Tempeſts in State; which are commonly greateſt, when Things grow to Equality; As naturall Tempeſts are greateſt about the Æquinoctia.
  • 5

    An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

calendarverb/ˈkæl.ən.də/

  • 1

    lawTo set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

    • The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.
  • 2

    To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

    • Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。