A unit of time consisting of a cycle of seven named or numbered days, one day being fixed as the first in the cycle; a single period of this…
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| 释义 | the world > time > period > a week > [noun] (31) weekeOE A unit of time consisting of a cycle of seven named or numbered days, one day being fixed as the first in the cycle; a single period of this… sennightOE A period of seven successive days and nights; a week (week, n. 2). seven daysOE In poetic and literary use: a week; often as the type of a long (and arduous) period of time. Also in seven days and seven nights and variants. weekOE A space of seven successive days, irrespective of the time from which it is reckoned. seven days and seven nightsOE In poetic and literary use: a week; often as the type of a long (and arduous) period of time. Also in seven days and seven nights and variants. (an) eight daysc1160 (an) eight days = a week. a week of daysa1382 a week of days: a period of seven days, one week; (also occasionally) a full week, an entire week. week1398 Followed by the word day (day, n. 18), in expressions with the sense ‘a period of a specified number of weeks; a number of weeks to the day’. Obsolete… sennight dayc1425 a period of a week; (also) the same day in the following week. septimane1450 A week. seventh night1567 A period of seven successive days and nights; a week. Also following a specified day, as in yesterday seventh night, this day seventh night… sennight space1599 the space of a week. hebdomad1600 The space of seven days, a week: used particularly in reference to the ‘70 weeks’ of Daniel's prophecy. septuary1646 A period of seven days; a week. heptad1876 spec. A group of seven days, a week; = hebdomad, n. Subcategories:— despite the time from which it is reckoned (1) — as a unit for reckoning work, etc. (4) — some particular week (2) — specific number of weeks (6) — mid-week (2) — in different societies (1) |
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