Friday

noun
🔊/ˈfraɪdeɪ/, 🔊/ˈfraɪdi/
🔊/ˈfraɪdeɪ/, 🔊/ˈfraɪdi/
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  1. [countable, uncountable]
    (abbreviation Fri.)
    the day of the week after Thursday and before Saturday星期五
    • It's Friday today, isn't it?今天是星期五,不是吗?
    • She went to dance class last Friday.她上周五去上舞蹈课。
    • Are you busy next Friday?下星期五你忙吗?
    • Friday morning/afternoon/evening星期五早上/下午/晚上
    • We'll discuss this at Friday's meeting.我们将在星期五的会议上讨论。
    • I work Friday to Tuesday.我星期五到星期二工作。
    • I work Fridays to Tuesdays.我星期五到星期二工作。
    • on Friday We'll meet on Friday (= next Friday).我们将在星期五见面。
    • We met on Friday (= last Friday).我们在星期五见面。
    • (informal or North American English) We'll meet Friday.我们星期五见面。
    • on Fridays The museum is closed on Fridays (= every Friday).博物馆在星期五关闭。
    • (especially North American English) The museum is closed Fridays.博物馆在星期五关闭。
    • on a Friday He was born on a Friday.他是星期五出生的。
    • I always do yoga on a Friday (= every Friday).我总是在星期五做瑜伽。
    • I went to Nairobi on Monday, and came back the following Friday.我星期一去了内罗毕,第二个星期五又回来了。
    • (British English) ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Friday (= the Friday of the week we are talking about).’“事故什么时候发生?” “那是星期五。”
    • (British English) Come back Friday week (= a week after next Friday).周五(一周之后的一个星期)回来。
    see also Black Friday, Good FridayTopics Timea1
  2. (also Man Friday)
    a character in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. He becomes Crusoe's faithful servant after Crusoe saves him from being eaten by cannibals. The phrase Man Friday or Girl Friday was sometimes used to describe an assistant who did many different jobs in an office, but is now quite old-fashioned. see also girl Friday, man Friday
  3. Word OriginOriginally translated from the Latin for ‘day of the planet Venus’ Veneris dies and named after the Germanic goddess Frigga.