| 单词 | date |
| 释义 | date 1. n. & v. --n 1. a day of the month, esp. specified by a number. 2. a particular day or year, esp. when a given event occurred. 3. a statement (usu. giving the day, month, and year) in a document or inscription etc., of the time of composition or publication. 4. the period to which a work of art etc. belongs. 5. the time when an event happens or is to happen. 6. colloq. a an engagement or appointment, esp. with a person of the opposite sex. b US a person with whom one has a social engagement. --v 1. tr. mark with a date. 2. tr. a assign a date to (an object, event, etc.). b (foll. by to) assign to a particular time, period, etc. 3. intr. (often foll. by from, back to, etc.) have its origins at a particular time. 4. intr. be recognizable as from a past or particular period; become evidently out of date (a design that does not date). 5. tr. indicate or expose as being out of date (that hat really dates you). 6. colloq. a tr. make an arrangement with (a person) to meet socially. b intr. meet socially by agreement (they are now dating regularly). Phrases and idioms date-line 1. the line from north to south partly along the meridian 180��from Greenwich, to the east of which the date is a day earlier than it is to the west. 2. a line at the head of a dispatch or special article in a newspaper showing the date and place of writing. date-stamp n. 1. an adjustable rubber stamp etc. used to record a date. 2. the impression made by this. --vtr. mark with a date-stamp. out of date ( attrib. out-of-date) old-fashioned, obsolete. to date until now. up to date ( attrib. up-to-date) meeting or according to the latest requirements, knowledge, or fashion; modern. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L data, fem. past part. of dare give: from the L formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) (letter) given or delivered (at a particular time or place) 2. n. 1. a dark oval single-stoned fruit. 2. (in full date-palm) the tall tree Phoenix dactylifera, native to W. Asia and N. Africa, bearing this fruit. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L dactylus f. Gk daktulos finger, from the shape of its leaf |
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