| 释义 |
mid-week
[f. mid a. + week. Cf. MDu. middeweke, MHG. mittwoche (mod.G. Mittwoch), ON. miðvika, Wednesday.]
The middle of the week. In Quaker language, a synonym for Fourth-day or Wednesday.
1707S. Sewall Diary 23 July, Midweek, visited Madam Leverett. 1898Daily News 10 Jan. 8/7 By mid-week there was a good attendance on 'Change again.
b. attrib.
1706S. Sewall Diary 27 Apr., He had a Tooth pull'd out..on Mid-week night. 1883J. Parker Apost. Life II. 35 Herein is a justification for mid-week meetings. 1898Cycling 88 Two or more severe races on the Saturday, with perhaps a mid week meeting in between. |