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august

adjective
🔊/ɔːˈɡʌst/
🔊/ɔːˈɡʌst/
[usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. impressive, making you feel respect威严的；庄严的
    • an august group of statesmen八月政治家集团
    • He had dared to challenge the views of an august body of imperial historians.他敢于挑战一个庞大的帝国历史学家团体的观点。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAugust is used with these nouns:
    • journal
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French auguste or Latin augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’.

August

noun
 
🔊/ˈɔːɡəst/
🔊/ˈɔːɡəst/
[uncountable, countable]
(abbreviation Aug.)
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  1. the 8th month of the year, between July and September八月
    • She was born in August.她八月出生。
    • (British English) The meeting is on the fifth of August/August the fifth.会议于8月5日/ 8月5日举行。
    • (North American English) The meeting is on August fifth.会议于8月5日举行。
    • We went to Japan last August.去年八月我们去了日本。
    • I arrived at the end of August.我于八月底到达。
    • last August's election去年八月的选举
    • It was a hot August afternoon.那是一个炎热的八月下午。
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    Word OriginOld English, from Latin augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’; named after Augustus, the first Roman emperor (63 BC-AD14).