[N-COUNT 可数名词]周末 A weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
She had agreed to have dinner with him in town the following weekend...
她答应下一个周末和他在城里共进晚餐。
He told me to give you a call over the weekend.
他让我周末给你打个电话。
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week·end★/ˌwiːkˈend; NAmEˈwiːkend/
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weekendweekendsweekendedweekendingnoun★1★Saturday and Sunday 星期六和星期日；周末◆Are you doing anything over the weekend?你在周末做些什么？◆Have a good weekend!周末愉快！◆It happened on the weekend of24 and 25 April. 事情发生在 4 月 24 日和 25 日那个周末。◆( BrE) The office is closed at the weekend.本办事处星期六和星期日不办公。◆( especially NAmE) The office is closed on the weekend.本办事处星期六和星期日不办公。◆( BrE) ( informal) I like to go out on a weekend.我喜欢周末外出参加社交活动。◆We go skiing most weekends in winter.我们在冬天的周末大多去滑雪。☞see also
dirty weekend
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2★Saturday and Sunday, or a slightly longer period, as a holiday/vacation 星期六和星期日（或略长一点的）假日◆He won a weekend for two in Rome.他赢得双人去罗马度周末的奖项。◆a weekend break周末假日verb[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to spend the weekend somewhere （在某处）过周末；度周末◆They're weekending in Paris.他们正在巴黎度周末。week·end/ˌwiːkˈend; NAmEˈwiːkend/
Saturday and Sunday, especially considered as time when you do not work: Are you doing anything nice this weekend?last/next weekend (=the weekend before or after this one)at the weekend British English, on the weekend American English I never work at the weekend. What are you doing on the weekend?at weekends British English, on weekends American English I only see him at weekends. Tony has been unwell over the weekend (=during the weekend). We’re going to Paris for a long weekend (=Saturday and Sunday, and also Friday or Monday, or both).weekend cottage/cabin etc (=a place in the country where you spend your weekends) → dirty weekend
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GRAMMAR: Patterns with weekendat the weekend• You use at the weekend in British English, when saying that something happens on Saturday or Sunday: · I went shopping at the weekend.✗Don’t say: I went shopping at weekend. | in weekendon the weekend• You use on the weekend in American English, when saying that something happens on Saturday or Sunday: · I went shopping on the weekend.✗Don’t say: I went shopping on weekend. | in weekendat weekends/on weekendsYou use these expressions when saying that something usually or regularly happens on Saturday or Sunday: · She is only home at weekends (BrE).· She is only home on weekends (AmE).✗Don’t say: She is only home on weekend. | She is only home in weekend(s).this/next/last weekend• Don’t use at or in with these words.• You say this weekend: · The festival will be held this weekend.✗Don’t say: The festival will be held at this weekend.• You say next weekend: · Will you come to my house next weekend?✗Don’t say: Will you come to my house in next weekend?• You say last weekend: · I visited my grandparents last weekend.✗Don’t say: I visited my grandparents at last weekend.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + weekendthis weekend· Are you going sailing this weekend?next weekend· I’m going to Palm Springs next weekend.last weekend· We were in Glasgow last weekend.the previous weekend· The talks had been scheduled for the previous weekend.the following weekend· The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.a long weekend (=Saturday, Sunday, and also Friday or Monday or both)· In August we had a long weekend in the Lake District.a holiday weekend (=a weekend that has days before or after it which are holidays)· The roads were jammed on the Friday before the holiday weekend.weekend + NOUNa weekend break British English (=a holiday that lasts a weekend)· She was looking forward to her weekend break in Paris.a weekend cottage British English (=a house you have in the country, where you spend your weekends)· A friend of mine has a weekend cottage on the South Coast, and we often go down there in summer.