Saturday

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Sat·ur·day /ˈsætədi, -deɪ $ -ər-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation Sat.)  TMCthe day between Friday and Sunday 星期六on Saturday We went for a picnic on Saturday. 我们星期六去野餐了。 The festivities begin Saturday. 庆祝活动从星期六开始。 American EnglishSaturday morning/afternoon etc They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening. 他们于星期六晚抵达巴黎。last Saturday I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall. 我上星期六在购物中心见到了萨莉。this Saturday What are you doing this Saturday? 这个星期六你要干什么？next Saturday (=Saturday of next week) 下星期六 Ask her yourself next Saturday. 下星期六你自己去问她。a Saturday (=one of the Saturdays in the year) 某个星期六 It was a crazy idea to go to the store on a Saturday. 星期六去商店真是个疯狂的想法。

Examples from the Corpus

Saturday• Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.• Last Saturday night was not, on the face of it, a roaring success.• Carrie's plane leaves Saturday.• Rowing: Thursday features semifinal action in seven divisions to determine the qualifiers for the finals on Saturday.• Iowa State lost to Utah on Saturday.• The team hit virtually every routine Saturday afternoon and set itself up for what could be a shocking team medal Monday night.• This Saturday, the Clippers play Utah in Anaheim and a crowd of more than 14,000 is expected.• It was Saturday morning in Mitford.next Saturday• Basketball practices are scheduled to begin next Saturday.• Vicky will appear in the Cinderford Carnival next Saturday.• My stepfather is coming to San Francisco next Saturday night.• They must now get a result against free scoring Glenavon next Saturday and rely on Bangor having an off day at Comrades.• The North's match with London at Otley next Saturday will decide the championship - as if anyone cares.• The Giants had until next Saturday to decide.• Would next Saturday be a good time for me to visit?Origin Saturday (800-900) Translation of Latin Saturni dies “day of Saturn”

Sat·ur·day nounChineseSyllable  

Sunday the day between Corpus Friday and

Saturday
Sat‧ur‧day /ˈsætədi, -deɪ $ -ər-/ noun [uncountable and countable] (written abbreviation Sat.)the day between Friday and Sunday
    on Saturday
    We went for a picnic on Saturday.
    The festivities begin Saturday. American English
    Saturday morning/afternoon etc
    They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening.
    last Saturday
    I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall.
    this Saturday
    What are you doing this Saturday?
    next Saturday (=Saturday of next week)
    Ask her yourself next Saturday.
    a Saturday (=one of the Saturdays in the year)
    It was a crazy idea to go to the store on a Saturday.

🔑 Sat·ur·dayBrE /ˈsætədeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsætərdeɪ/ 🔊BrE /ˈsætədi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsætərdi/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (abbreviation Sat.) the day of the week after Friday and before Sunday 星期六 HELP To see how Saturday is used, look at the examples at Monday. * Saturday 的用法见词条 Monday 下的示例。 ORIGIN From the Old English for 'day of Saturn', translated from Latin Saturni dies. 源自古英语，原意为 day of Saturn（农神日），古英语则译自拉丁文 Saturni dies。