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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

day [deɪ]
  1. 1. noun [c] (period of 24 hours) 天
    three days ago
    3天前
  2. 2. noun [c/u] (daylight hours) 白天
    during the day
    白天
  3. 3. noun [c/u] (working day) 工作日
    The office is only open during the day.
    办公室只在工作日开放
  4. 4. noun [c] (heyday) 时代
    The days of the silent film are long gone.
    无声电影时代早已过去
    the day before/after
    前/后一天
    the day after tomorrow
    后天
    the day before yesterday
    前天
    these days
    现在
    day in, day out
    日复一日
    to the day
    一天也不差
    the following day
    第二天
    the day that I...
    我…的那一天
    day by day/from day to day
    一天天地
    one day a week
    每周一天
    one day/some day/one of these days
    有一天
    the other day
    不久前某天
    by day
    白天
    all day (long)
    一天到晚
    day and night
    日日夜夜
    to work an 8 hour day
    每天工作8小时
    to call it a day
    停工

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

day [deɪ]
  1. 1. noun 节日纪念日
    October 24th is United Nations Day.
    10月24日是联合国日。
  2. 2. n.[c] 一天,一日,一昼夜
    There are several days left for the sale.
    还有几天,促销结束了。
    They put on two performances every day.
    他们每天演出两场。
    There are 30,000 passengers per day.
    每天有30,000名乘客。
    Two days later they left.
    两天后,他们离开了。
  3. 3. noun [Person Name] 戴、代的音译
  4. 4. n.[c] 日子时期
    Having reached the end of Day 27, you have every reason to smile.
    已经到了第27天末,你可以尽情地笑了。
    It should arrive any day now.
    随时可能到来
    Those were the days.
    那段日子美好
    After that day she never trusted him again.
    那天之后,她再也不相信他了。
    These days it is not unusual.
    最近没有稀奇事情发生
  5. 5. noun [People] Clarence Shepard Day 克劳伦斯·谢帕德·戴斯(1874-1935),美国作家
  6. 6. n.[u] 白天白昼
    There was still a lot of day left before the sunset.
    日落还有很长一段时间
    The dawn turned night into day.
    黎明送走黑夜带来白天
  7. 7. n.[c] 活动时间,非睡眠时间
    I'm usually in the office during the days.
    工作日时我通常办公室
    She called it a day and went to bed.
    结束一天工作之后睡下了。
    It was a busy day on the stock exchange.
    今天证券市场交易量很大。
    My day began early this morning.
    今天早上起床很早。
  8. 8. n.[c] 时代年代
    My dad needed to walk for three miles to get to school in his day.
    父亲当年需要走三英里路去学校
    He was a successful pianist in his day.
    他在他那个时代是个成功的钢琴家。
  9. 9. n.[c] [Astronomy]
    How long is a day in Saturn?
    土星自转一周时间多少
    How long is a day on Jupiter?
    木星上的一天是多长时间
  10. 10. n.[c] [Astronomy] 恒星日
    A solar day is four minutes longers than a sidereal day.
    一个太阳日一个恒星日长4分钟
  11. 11. n.[c] 幸运期,走运期
    He deserves a day in the sun.
    值得拥有一个机会
    Every dog has his day.
    人皆有得意时。
    He deserves his day in court.
    他被法庭宣判无罪
  12. 12. n.[c] 竞赛战斗
  13. 13. n.[c] 日光阳光
  14. 14. n.[c] [Plural] 寿命时日

Collins English-English Dictionary

day [deɪ]
  1. 1. n civil day the period of time, the calendar day, of 24 hours' duration reckoned from one midnight to the next
  2. 2. n the period of light between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from the night
  3. 3. n the part of a day occupied with regular activity, esp work
    he took a day off
  4. 4. n [sometimes plural] a period or point in time
    he was a good singer in his day
    in days gone by
    any day now
  5. 5. n the period of time, the sidereal day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to a particular star. The mean sidereal day lasts 23 hours 56 minutes 4.1 seconds of the mean solar day
  6. 6. n the period of time, the solar day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to the sun. The mean solar day is the average length of the apparent solar day and is some four minutes (3 minutes 56.5 seconds of sidereal time) longer than the sidereal day
  7. 7. n the period of time taken by a specified planet to make one complete rotation on its axis
    the Martian day
  8. 8. n [often capital] a day designated for a special observance, esp a holiday
    Christmas Day
  9. 9. n a time of success, recognition, power, etc
    his day will soon come
  10. 10. n a struggle or issue at hand
    the day is lost
  11. 11. n the ground surface over a mine
  12. 12. n (as modifier)
    the day level
  13. 13. n [modifier] of, relating to, or occurring in the day - See also days
    the day shift
  14. 14. n [Etymology] Old English dæg; related to Old High German tag, Old Norse dagr

Examples

These are the day-to-day activities that we have in our day care center.
这些就是我们幼儿园的日常活动。
You could see the poor plant weakening day by day as the insects spread through its rhizome.
害虫已经蔓延到根茎,你可以感觉到这可怜的植物一一天天地衰弱下去。
day after day/year after year
日复一日/年复一年
one day/some day/one of these days
有一天
on a day-to-day basis
一天天地
night and day {or} day and night
日日夜夜

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