单词 | weekend |
释义 | weekend /week"end', -end"/, n. 1. the end of a week, esp. the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach. 2. this period as extended by one or more holidays, days off, or the like, that immediately precede or follow: We're getting a three-day weekend at Christmas. 3. any two-day period taken or given regularly as a weekly rest period from one's work: I have to work at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays, so I take my weekends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. adj. 4. of, for, or on a weekend: a weekend pass; a weekend excursion. v.i. 5. to pass the weekend, as at a place: They weekended at their country place. [1875-80; WEEK + END1] |
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