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
  1. The meeting is scheduled to begin at noon on Thursday.
    会议定于星期四中午十二点开始。
  2. 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
  1. 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)
  • afternoon 下午
    由 after 与 noon 构成,指中午之后到傍晚之前的时段。
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • around noon 中午前后
    The fog usually lifts around noon. 雾通常在中午前后散去。