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Sunday

noun
 
🔊/ˈsʌndeɪ/, 🔊/ˈsʌndi/
🔊/ˈsʌndeɪ/, 🔊/ˈsʌndi/
(abbreviation Sun.)
Idioms
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  1.  
     [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?今天是星期天，不是吗？
    • She went to a cooking class last Sunday.她上星期天去上烹饪课。
    • Are you busy next Sunday?下星期天你忙吗？
    • Sunday morning/afternoon/evening周日早晨/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.我星期天到星期四工作。
    • I work Sundays to Thursdays.我星期天到星期四工作。
    • on Sunday We'll meet on Sunday (= next Sunday).我们在星期天见面。
    • We met on Sunday (= last Monday).我们在星期日见面。
    • (informal or North American English) We'll meet Sunday.我们星期天见面。
    • on Sundays The office is closed on Sundays (= every Sunday).办公室在星期日关闭。
    • (especially North American English) The office is closed Sundays.办公室星期天不营业。
    • on a Sunday He was born on a Sunday.他在星期日出生。
    • I always do yoga on a Sunday (= every Sunday).我总是在星期日做瑜伽。
    • I went to Lisbon on Wednesday, and came back the following Sunday.我星期三去了里斯本，第二天又回来了。
    • (British English) ‘When did the accident happen?’ ‘It was the Sunday (= the Sunday of the week we are talking about).’“事故什么时候发生？” “那是星期日。”
    • (British English) Come back Sunday week (= a week after next Sunday).周日回来（下周日之后一周）。
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  2. [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
    3. 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
  1. (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.在英国学习跳伞是有可能的，但由于我们的天气，可能要花一个月的周日才能完成。
your Sunday best
  1. (informal, humorous) your best clothes自己最好的衣服
    • I put on my Sunday best for the occasion.我尽量把星期天放在这个场合。