day/deɪ/

n.

➊ a period of 24 hours

➋ the time from dawn till dusk

➌ [often ~s] used to talk about a period of time in the past

n.

➊ [C] （一）天，（一）日：They spent 5 days in Beijing. 他们在北京待了5天。

◇“What day is it today?” “Tuesday.” “今天星期几？” “星期二。”

◇I saw him the day before yesterday. 我前天看到了他。

◇I'm leaving the day after tomorrow. 我后天离开。

◇He walks 2 miles every day. 他每天走2英里。

◇The boss has been away for days. 老板离开已经有好几天了。

◇Have a nice day! 祝你有愉快的一天！

◇I'll finish it in a few days. 我几天后就可以完成了。

◇He appeared the following day. 他第二天出现了。

◇an eight-hour working day 八小时工作日

◇have a day off 休息一天

➋ [C; U] 白天：a bright, sunny day 阳光明媚的一天

◇She works at night and sleeps during the day. 她晚上干活，白天睡觉。

◇It's raining all day today. 今天一整天都在下雨。

◇I saw the cat on a cold day in December. 我是在12月一个寒冷的日子里看到这只猫的。

➌ [C，常~s] 阶段；时期：[days of sth] the early days of radio 广播的早期阶段

◇The local dance was popular in those days. 那个时代地方舞蹈很风行。

by day 日间，在白天：She is a student by day and a waitress by night. 她白天是学生，晚上做服务员。

day after day 日复一日，天天：We've been doing the same things day after day. 我们日复一日做着相同的事。

day and night 日日夜夜，夜以继日：They've been working day and night for weeks. 他们日夜不停地干了好几个星期了。

one day

➊ 有朝一日：One day, he will become a great man. 有朝一日他会成为一个大人物。

➋ （在过去的）一天：One day, we had a terrible argument. 有一天我们大吵一场。

the other day 几天前：The other day, he saw a fox in the woods. 几天前他在树林里看见了一只狐狸。

these days 现在，目前：Every student seems to have a cellphone these days. 如今，每个学生似乎都有手机。

to this day 直到今天，直到现在：To this day, I still don't believe what he said. 直到今天我仍不相信他当时说的话。

day

birthday

daylight

everyday

Friday

holiday

midday

nowadays

today

weekday

workday

yesterday

音组-ay/-eɪ/

day; gray; hay; lay; may; pay; play; pray; say; stay; way

常犯错误

✗ He often plays video games all the day.

✓ He often plays video games all day. 他经常一整天地打电子游戏。

[✌all day的day前一般不加the]

常犯错误

✗ “What day is today?” “May 5.”

✓ “What day is today?” “Monday.” “今天星期几？” “星期一。”

常犯错误

✗ In these days few women stay at home to look after their children.

✓ These days few women stay at home to look after their children. 现在很少有妇女待在家里照看小孩的。

常犯错误

✗ Those days we couldn't afford a bike.

✓ In those days we couldn't afford a bike. 那些日子里，我们自行车都买不起。

[✌these days可以直接作状语，前面不用介词，但those days作状语时，前面一般要加介词in]

用法Day还可表示节日，一般无需加the，如Labor Day, Children'sDay, New Year's Day, May Day, National Day。

用法one day可指过去，也可以指将来的“某一天”；some day只用于指将来“某一天”。

辨析date; day