- the day of the month or year as specified by a number日期：
what's the date today?
今天几号？
they've set a date for the wedding.
他们选定了婚礼的日期。
- a particular day or year when a given event occurred or will occur（特别的）日子, 年份：
1066 is the most famous date in English history.
1066年是英格兰历史上最著名的一年。
dates
the years of a particular person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of a particular period or event生卒年份, 起讫日期。
- the period of time to which an artefact or structure belongs时期, 年代：
the church is the largest of its date.
该教堂是当时最大的。
- a written, printed, or stamped statement on a document or as an inscription giving the day, month, and year of writing, publication, or manufacture时间, 年代标识：
these Roman coins bear an explicit date.
这些古罗马的硬币上铸有明确的年代。
- informal a social or romantic appointment or engagement〈非正式〉约会。
- a person with whom one has such an engagement约会对象：
my date isn't going to show, it seems.
看起来我约的人不会来了。
- a musical or theatrical engagement or performance, especially as part of a tour（巡回）演出。
- establish or ascertain the date of (an object or event)确定…的年代：
they date the paintings to 1460-70.
他们将这些画的年代确定在1460-1470年之间。
- mark with a date给…标署日期：
sign and date the document.
签署文件并标署日期。
- no obj. originate at a particular time; have existed since追溯到, 自…起：
the controversy dates back to 1986.
论战可追溯到1986年。
- indicate or expose as being old-fashioned使过时, 使显得过时：
jazzy - does that word date me?
爵士风格——这个词让我显得过时了吗？
- no obj. seem old-fashioned显得过时：
the coat may be pricey but it will never date
这件外套可能是很贵, 但是它永远不会过时
as adj. dated a dated expression.过时的用语。
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. go out with (someone in whom one is romantically or sexually interested)〈非正式, 主北美〉约会：
my sister's pretty judgemental about the girls I date
姐姐很爱对我约会的女孩子妄加判断
no obj. they have been dating for more than a year.他们约会了一年多。
to date
- until now迄今, 至今：
their finest work to date.
他们迄今为止最好的作品。
- a sweet, dark brown, oval fruit containing a hard stone, usually eaten dried枣子。
- （亦作date palm）a tall palm tree which bears clusters of this fruit, native to western Asia and North Africa枣椰树, 战捷木。
- Phoenix dactylifera, family Palmae.拉丁名Phoenix dactylifera,棕榈科。