| 单词 | three-day week |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-day week three-day adj. extending over three days, that takes three days to complete or come to an end, as three-day week, a reduced working week of only three days.See also three-day event at event n. 13b, three-day eventer at eventer n., three-day eventing at eventing n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > of or lasting specific number of days novendial1533 triduan1597 quadragesimal1610 hebdomadal1612 quinquagesimal1652 tricenary1655 septuary1700 tridiurnal1828 trigesimal1839 trihemeral1840 ninety-day1859 three-day1890 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > working week > reduced working week short week1909 three-day week1974 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 2/1 Whether you go by a two-day or a three-day coach. 1937 S. Cloete Turning Wheels ix. 143 Three day sickness, which as a rule animals recovered from if left alone, meant abandoning beasts since there was no time to wait for them to recover. 1952 Rules & Reg. governing One-Day Events (Brit. Horse Soc.) 5 One Day combined Tests..lead up to the Olympic Three Day Event. 1963 E. H. Edwards Saddlery vii. 69 This is not of importance by the time one's horse is sufficiently advanced to perform Three Day Event tests. 1965 N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Apr. 3 An annual three-day..walk. 1974 Times 16 Feb. 1/1 The three-day week will carry unemployment to a very high level. 1976 Times 21 May 2/5 The committee's three-day conference on negotiated independence..has been postponed. 1976 Horse & Hound 10 Dec. 57/1 (advt.) An ideal type to sire top quality point-to-pointers and three-day-eventers. 1977 M. Walker National Front vi. 147 The state of national emergency and the three-day week. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 152/1 The easiest house parties are for a sport—racing, three-day event, shooting. < as lemmas |
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