[N-VAR 可变名词]下午;午后 The afternoon is the part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock.
He's arriving in the afternoon...
他下午会到。
He had stayed in his room all afternoon.
他整个下午都呆在房间里。
...an afternoon news conference.
午后的新闻发布会
Oxford
after·noon★/ˌɑːftəˈnuːn; NAmEˌæftərˈnuːn/noun[uncountable , countable ]the part of the day from 12 midday until about 6 o'clock 下午(中午 12 点至 6 点左右)◆this/yesterday/tomorrow afternoon今天╱昨天╱明天下午◆In the afternoonthey went shopping. 他们下午去购物了。◆She studies art two afternoons a week.她每周两个下午学习艺术。◆Are you ready for this afternoon's meeting?今天下午的会议你准备好了没有?◆The baby always has an afternoon nap.婴儿午后总要睡一会儿。◆Come over on Sunday afternoon.星期天下午过来。◆Where were you on the afternoon ofMay 21? *5 月 21 日下午你在哪里? ☞see also
1the part of the day after the morning and before the evening → morning, evening: There’s a meeting on Thursday afternoon. It was very hot in the afternoon. See you tomorrow afternoon. Are you going into town this afternoon? We met in the early afternoon. By late afternoon, Micky had changed his mind. He was having his afternoon nap.2afternoons during the afternoon every day: She only works afternoons.GRAMMAR: Patterns with afternoonin the afternoon• You do something in the afternoon: · We went shopping in the afternoon.✗Don’t say: We went shopping on the afternoon.on Monday/Tuesday etc afternoon• You do something on Monday/Tuesday etc afternoon: · I usually do the shopping on Friday afternoon.on the afternoon of something• Something happens on the afternoon of a particular date or event: · Diana was born on the afternoon of July 1, 1961.· He had gone there on the afternoon of the murder.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + afternoonMonday/Friday/Saturday etc afternoon· Did you see the football on Saturday afternoon?this afternoon (=today in the afternoon)· I'll come round to your house this afternoon.early/late afternoon· I arrived in Boston in the early afternoon.all afternoon/the whole afternoon· You left the lights on all afternoon.adverbstomorrow afternoon· What are you doing tomorrow afternoon?yesterday afternoon· I went to see mum yesterday afternoon.AFTERNOON + nounan afternoon nap (=short sleep)· Dad was having his Sunday afternoon nap.the afternoon sun· It was too hot to go out in the afternoon sun.afternoon tea (=a light meal eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea)· Some people still have afternoon tea at 4 o'clock.the middle of the afternoon· It was the middle of a long hot summer afternoon.verbsspend the afternoon somewhere/doing something· We decided to spend the afternoon in town.
afternoon1 noun
afternoon2 interjection
afternoonafternoon2 interjection British English informal
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used to greet someone when you meet them in the afternoon
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afternoon
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下午(100%)
n.午后,下午
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