weekend

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /wiːˈkɛnd/|/ˈwiːˌkɛnd/    美 /ˈwiˌkɛnd/|/ˈwiːˌkend/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
    — “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another.
动词 v.
  1. To spend the weekend.
    — We'll weekend at the beach.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to or for the weekend. not-comparable
    — I'm wearing my weekend shoes.
  2. Occurring at the weekend. not-comparable
    — a weekend break

词形变化

weekends plural week-end alternative,dated w/e alternative weekends present,singular,third-person weekending participle,present weekended participle,past weekended past week-end alternative,dated w/e alternative week-end alternative,dated w/e alternative

词源

词源 1
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).
词源 2
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).
词源 3
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).
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