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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
    在白天
  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.
    无声电影的时代早已过去。
    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
    在不久前某天
    by day
    在白天
    all day (long)
    一天到晚
    day and night
    日日夜夜地
    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 [de] [deɪ]
  1. 1. noun 日间，白天;白昼；黎明
    The lions sleep during the day and hunt at night.
    狮子白天睡觉，晚上捕食。
  2. 2. noun 阳光
  3. 3. noun （一）天，（一）日
    I have 5 days of the week for travel.
    这周我有五天时间可以旅游。
  4. 4. noun 节日，纪念日；重要日子
    Memorial Day
    (美国) 阵亡将土纪念日
  5. 5. noun [亦用复数形态]时期，时代；年代；纪元
    the best writer of his day
    他的时代的最优秀的作家
    in days of old
    过去岁月，往昔
  6. 6. noun 处于得势时期，成功（或胜利）时期，全盛时期，得意（或走运）时期；机会
    He has had his day.
    他曾有过走运时期。
  7. 7. noun （在某一天发生的）斗争，战斗，竞赛；胜利，胜负
    They won the day.
    他们打赢了。
  8. 8. noun 工作日
    an eighthour day
    八小时工作日
  9. 9. noun 过去、将来的某日、某天
    one of these days
    日内；总有一天
  10. 10. noun [复数形态时]寿命，一生
    spend one's days in study
    把一生花在学习(或研究)上
  11. 11. adjective 白天用的
  12. 12. adjective 白天的
  13. 13. adverb 每天地

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
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Examples

day by day/from day to day
一天天地 → day
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。 → day-to-day
The only way to be successful is working hard day after day.
成功的唯一途径就是日复一日地努力工作。
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。 → weaken
day after day he walked to school.
他每天都走着去上学。
day after day/year after year
日复一日/年复一年 → after
day in, day out
日复一日 → day
one day/some day/one of these days
有一天 → day
on a day-to-day basis
一天天地 → day-to-day
night and day {or} day and night
日日夜夜 → night
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one of those days 诸事不顺的一天

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one of those days If I have " one of those days ," nothing seems to go right. “one of those days”就是诸事不顺的一天。 If we have "one of those days", we have a very bad day when many things go wrong.

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