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/ˈwenzdeɪ/ · /ˈwenzdi/
The day of the week that comes after Tuesday and before Thursday. In most countries it is the third day of the working week and of the school week.
星期三
複數 Wednesdays
核心畫面
The middle of the working week: Monday and Tuesday are behind you, Thursday and Friday still ahead. Point at a week as a row of seven boxes and Wednesday is the one in the middle of the working stretch — which is why English speakers call it 'hump day', the top of the hill you climb over before the weekend comes into view.
可以想成一週攤開來的那排格子裡,卡在正中間的那一格:星期一、星期二已經過去,星期四、星期五還在前面。它沒有比喻,就是…更多收起
可以想成一週攤開來的那排格子裡,卡在正中間的那一格:星期一、星期二已經過去,星期四、星期五還在前面。它沒有比喻,就是一個位置——排在 Tuesday 後面、Thursday 前面。因為卡在上班上學那五天的中央,英語裡常戲稱它 hump day,像爬到小山丘的頂點,翻過去週末就開始在望了。拼法要注意:中間那個 d 不發音,唸起來接近 WENZ-day。原始詞典資料3 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。
Wednesdaynoun/ˈwɛnz.deɪ/
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The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.
- US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Wednesdayname/ˈwɛnz.deɪ/
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesNickname for Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.
Wednesdayadv/ˈwɛnz.deɪ/
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informalOn Wednesday.
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。