单词 | month |
释义 | monthmonth /mʌnθ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1one of the 12 periods of time that a year is divided into: She’ll be 13 this month. Phil is coming home for a visit next month. I earn about $3,500 a month (=each month).the month of June/July etc. It snowed heavily during the month of January.once/twice etc. a month The magazine is published once a month.the beginning/middle/end of the month I’ll be done by the end of the month.2a period of about four weeks: Tammy has an eight-month-old daughter. I bought the computer a couple of months ago. She was in the hospital for a month. He’ll be back a month from Friday. I’ve been to my parents’ twice in the past month.3months a long time, especially several months: Redecorating the kitchen took months. I haven’t seen Sarah in months. It was months before the construction work started again.4month after month used to emphasize that something happens regularly or continuously for several months: Month after month, our salaries were not paid.5month by month used when you are talking about a situation that develops over several months: Unemployment figures are rising month by month.6not/never in a month of Sundays old-fashioned used to emphasize that something will never happen [Origin: Old English monath] → see also that time of the month at time1 (36) |
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