noon
/nuːn/
n.
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
中午;正午
释义与例句
n.
中午;正午
twelve o'clock in the middle of the day
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The meeting is scheduled to begin at noon on Thursday.
会议定于星期四中午十二点开始。
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By noon, the temperature had already reached thirty degrees.
到中午时,气温已经达到三十度。
展开其余 1 条例句
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We stopped for lunch at a village inn around noon.
中午前后,我们在一家乡村客栈停下吃午饭。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
noon 是白天十二点,用 at noon;by noon 强调“到中午之前/为止”,midnight 才是午夜十二点。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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afternoon 下午由 after 与 noon 构成,指中午之后到傍晚之前的时段。
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noonday 正午的;中午的主要作定语使用,如 the noonday sun,日常频率低于 noon。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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midnight 午夜;子夜noon 是白天十二点,即 12 p.m.;midnight 是夜里十二点,即 12 a.m.。为避免混淆,时间表中常直接写 12 noon 或 12 midnight。The last train leaves the city just before midnight. 末班火车在午夜前离开这座城市。
常见搭配
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at noon 在中午十二点The shop closes at noon on Saturdays. 这家商店星期六中午十二点关门。
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by noon 到中午为止Please submit your expense claims by noon on Friday. 请在星期五中午前提交报销申请。
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around noon 中午前后The fog usually lifts around noon. 雾通常在中午前后散去。