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Monday

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Chronology
Mon·day /ˈmʌndi, -deɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation Mon.)  TMCthe day between Sunday and Tuesday 星期一on Monday It was raining on Monday. 星期一天在下雨。 The president announced Monday that he would cancel the debt. 总统周一宣布他会取消这笔债务。 American EnglishMonday morning/afternoon etc Let’s go out for a meal on Monday night. 周一晚上我们出去吃一顿吧。last Monday Kelly arrived last Monday. 凯利上周一到的。this Monday The UK office will open for business this Monday. 英国办事处本周一开业。next Monday (=Monday of next week) 下周一 Shall we meet next Monday? 我们下周一见面好吗?a Monday (=one of the Mondays in the year) 某个星期一 My birthday’s on a Monday this year. 今年我生日那天是星期一。
Examples from the Corpus
MondaySteve said he'd arrive Monday.Must have had a bad Monday.Open 5 p.m.-2 a.m. every day except Monday.By midday Monday, Mr Hickey had worked 28 straight hours, and there was no end in sight.In a press release Monday, Wildfire said the investments enable it to improve the accessibility and affordability of Wildfire.Lamar Alexander, who spent Monday hunkered down in strategy sessions at his Nashville headquarters.Lifeguards say the calf spotted Monday showed no sign of injury and still had a stubby part of its umbilicus attached.on MondayIt was raining on Monday.
Origin Monday Old English monandæg, from a translation of Latin lunae dies day of the moon
Mon·day nounChineseSyllable
Tuesday and day the Sunday Corpus between


Monday
Monday /ˈmʌndi, -deɪ/ noun [uncountable and countable] (written abbreviation Mon.)
 Language: Old English
 Origin: monandæg, from a translation of Latin lunae dies 'day of the moon'
the day between Sunday and Tuesday
    on Monday
    It was raining on Monday.
    The president announced Monday that he would cancel the debt. American English
    Monday morning/afternoon etc
    Let’s go out for a meal on Monday night.
    last Monday
    Kelly arrived last Monday.
    this Monday
    The UK office will open for business this Monday.
    next Monday (=Monday of next week)
    Shall we meet next Monday?
    a Monday (=one of the Mondays in the year)
    My birthday’s on a Monday this year.


🔑 Mon·dayBrE /ˈmʌndeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmʌndeɪ/ 🔊BrE /ˈmʌndi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmʌndi/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (abbreviation Mon.) the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday, the first day of the working week 星期一It's Monday today, isn't it? 今天是星期一,对吧?🔊🔊She started work last Monday. 她上个星期一开始工作。🔊🔊Are you busy next Monday? 下周一你忙吗?🔊🔊Monday morning/afternoon/evening 星期一上午/下午/晚上We'll discuss this at Monday's meeting. 我们将在星期一的会上讨论这件事。🔊🔊Do we still have Monday's paper? 我们还有周一的报纸吗?🔊🔊I work Monday to Friday. 我星期一到星期五上班。🔊🔊I work Mondays to Fridays. 我每周星期一到星期五工作。🔊🔊On Monday(s) (= Every Monday) I do yoga.我每个星期一做瑜伽。I always do yoga on a Monday. 我总是在星期一做瑜伽。🔊🔊He was born on a Monday. 他出生的那天是星期一。🔊🔊I went to Paris on Thursday, and came back the following Monday. 我星期四去了巴黎,第二周的星期一就回来了。🔊🔊We'll meet on Monday. 我们星期一见。🔊🔊(BrE) 'When did the accident happen?' 'It was the Monday (= the Monday of the week we are talking about).' “事故是什么时候发生的?” “就在那个星期一。”🔊🔊(BrE) Come back Monday week (= a week after next Monday). 下下星期一回来。🔊🔊(informal or NAmE) We'll meet Monday. 咱们星期一见。🔊🔊 ORIGIN From the Old English for 'day of the moon', translated from Latin lunae dies. 源自古英语,原意为 day of the moon(月亮日),古英语则译自拉丁文 lunae dies。