heyday
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hey·day /ˈheɪdeɪ/ noun [countable usually singular] PERIOD OF TIMEPOPULARthe time when someone or something was most popular, successful, or powerful 最兴盛[最成功,最强大]的时期in somebody’s heyday Greta Garbo in her heyday 巅峰时期的葛丽泰•嘉宝
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heyday• The huge sell-out reformation shows earlier this year were something they never achieved in their chart heyday.• However, its culinary heyday came to an end with the approach of the Napoleonic wars.• In his heyday a driving but discreet drummer, he specialized in playing with brushes rather than sticks.• The building had originally been a manor house and must have looked beautiful in its heyday.• In its heyday it must have been a good little vehicle, but now it was definitely finished.• In its heyday it was so popular long queues built up outside its shops.• Yet this is the first serious attempt to write about the revolution since the heyday of the early 1970s.• The pair crossed swords in the eighties during their heyday with rivals Liverpool and United.Origin heyday (1500-1600) heyda a shout of happiness ((16-17 centuries)); influenced by dayhey·day nounChineseSyllable
Corpus or most someone the something was time popular, successful, when
heyday
hey‧day /ˈheɪdeɪ/
noun [countable usually singular]
in sb’s heyday
Greta Garbo in her heyday
hey‧day /ˈheɪdeɪ/
noun [countable usually singular] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: heyda a shout of happiness (16-17 centuries); influenced by day
the time when someone or something was most popular, successful, or powerfulOrigin: heyda a shout of happiness (16-17 centuries); influenced by day
in sb’s heyday