Sun·day
noun/ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
/ˈsʌndeɪ/, /ˈsʌndi/
(abbreviation Sun.)
Idioms - [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 - It's Sunday today, isn't it?
今天是星期日，不是吗？ - She went to a cooking class last Sunday.
上周日她去参加了一个烹饪班。 - Are you busy next Sunday?
下周日你忙吗？ - Sunday morning/afternoon/evening
周日早上/下午/晚上 - We'll see each other at Sunday's party.
我们将在周日的聚会上见面。 - I work Sunday to Thursday.
我周日至周四工作。 - I work Sundays to Thursdays.
我周日至周四工作。 - on Sunday We'll meet on Sunday (= next Sunday).
我们将于周日（=下周日）见面。 - We met on Sunday (= last Monday).
我们在周日（=上周一）见面。 - (informal or North American English) We'll meet Sunday.
我们周日见面。 - on Sundays The office is closed on Sundays (= every Sunday).
办公室周日休息（=每周日）。 - (especially North American English) The office is closed Sundays.
办公室周日休息。 - on a Sunday He was born on a Sunday.
他出生在周日。 - I always do yoga on a Sunday (= every Sunday).
我总是在周日（=每个周日）做瑜伽。 - I went to Lisbon on Wednesday, and came back the following Sunday.
我周三去了里斯本，然后周日回来了。 - (British English) ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Sunday (= the Sunday of the week we are talking about).’
“事故是什么时候发生的？”“那是星期日（=我们正在谈论的一周的星期日）。” - (British English) Come back Sunday week (= a week after next Sunday).
周日回来（=下周日后一周）。
- It's Sunday today, isn't it?
- [countable, usually plural] (British English, informal) a newspaper published on a Sunday
每逢星期日出版的报纸；星期日报
Word OriginOld English Sunnandæg ‘day of the sun’, translation of Latin dies solis; compare with Dutch zondag and German Sonntag.
Idioms
(in) a month of Sundays
- (informal) used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time
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。 - It is possible to learn to skydive in Britain, but with our weather it might take a month of Sundays to do it.
在英国学习跳伞是可能的，但根据我们的天气，可能需要一个月的周日才能完成。
- You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
your Sunday best
- (informal, humorous) your best clothes
自己最好的衣服 - I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.
为了这个场合，我在周日穿上了最好的衣服。
- I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.