Sunday

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Sun·day /ˈsʌndi, -deɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable]  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 English 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〕 → 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

Sun·day nounChineseSyllable  

Saturday and Corpus between Monday the day

Sunday
Sun‧day /ˈsʌndi, -deɪ/ noun [uncountable and countable]1. (written abbreviation Sun.) the day between Saturday and Monday
    on Sunday
    We’re going to a match on Sunday.
    What are you doing Sunday? American English
    Sunday morning/afternoon etc
    Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.
    last Sunday
    It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday.
    this Sunday
    There’s another antiques market this Sunday.
    next Sunday (=Sunday of next week)
    We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.
    a Sunday (=one of the Sundays in the year)
    Finding a dentist on a Sunday can be very difficult.
2. your Sunday best your best clothes, worn only for special occasions or for church
3. Sunday driver an insulting expression meaning someone who annoys other people by driving too slowly
⇨ never in a month of Sundays at month(6)

🔑 Sun·dayBrE /ˈsʌndeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌndeɪ/ 🔊BrE /ˈsʌndi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌndi/ 🔊 noun (abbreviation Sun.) 🔑 [countable, uncountable] the day of the week after Saturday and before Monday, thought of as either the first or the last day of the week 星期日；星期天 HELP To see how Sunday is used, look at the examples at Monday. * Sunday 的用法见词条 Monday 下的示例。 ORIGIN From the Old English for 'day of the sun', translated from Latin dies solis. 源自古英语，原意为 day of the sun（太阳日），古英语则译自拉丁文 dies solis。 [countable, usually plural] (BrE, informal) a newspaper published on a Sunday 每逢星期日出版的报纸；星期日报●your ˌSunday ˈbest(informal, humorous) your best clothes 自己最好的衣服●in a ˌmonth of ˈSundays(informal) used to emphasize that sth will never happen 遥遥无期；根本不会发生◆You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays. 你找不到它的，根本不可能找到。🔊🔊