صيغ مركبة:
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all day adv | (throughout the whole day) | طيلة اليوم، طوال اليوم |
| She's been practising all day. |
all day long adv | (throughout the whole day) | طوال اليوم، طوال النهار |
| I could water the flowers all day long. |
| I sat in the sun all day long and read my book. |
all in a day's work expr | informal, figurative (routine activity) | أمر روتينيّ، أمر عاديّ |
| There's no need to thank me - it's all in a day's work for me. |
All Saints' Day n | (Christian calendar: 1st November) | عيد جميع القديسين |
| All Saints' Day is the day after Halloween. |
All Souls' Day, All Souls, All Souls' n | (November 2 holiday) (عيد في 2 نوفمبر) | عيد تذكار الموتى |
all-day adj | (lasting or available the whole day) | طوال اليوم |
| This café serves a delicious all-day breakfast. |
any day adv | informal (some time soon) | في أي وقت |
| I ordered it weeks ago. It should arrive any day. |
any day adv | informal (willingly, without hesitation) | طوعاً، عن طيب خاطر |
| I'd do that for you any day. |
any day now adv | informal (some time soon) | قريبًا جدًّا |
| I'm expecting the book I ordered to come any day now. |
Anzac Day n | (Australian and New Zealand memorial day) (عيد أسترالي ونيوزيلندي) | يوم أنزاك، عيد أنزاك |
April Fools' Day, April Fool's Day, All Fools' Day n | (1st April) | كذبة أول نيسان |
| | كذبة أبريل، كذبة الأول من أبريل |
| On April Fools' Day in the UK, it's traditional to play practical jokes on people before midday. |
Armistice Day n | (11th November: war remembrance day) (في 11 نوفمبر) | يوم الهدنة |
| On Armistice Day, many countries take a two-minute moment of silence as a sign of respect for those who died. |
| On Armistice Day the mayor laid flowers at the town war memorial. |
Ascension Day, Ascension n | (Christian feast day: Holy Thursday) | عيد الصعود، خميس الصعود |
| There will be a special evening service on Ascension Day. |
at the end of the day expr | (in the evening) | في المساء، في آخر النهار |
| He went home at the end of the day. |
at the end of the day expr | figurative (ultimately) | في النهاية |
| At the end of the day, there's nothing we can do. |
back in the day expr | (introduces reminiscence) | في الماضي، في تلك الأيام |
| Back in the day, we only had a handful of TV channels. |
bad day n | figurative (unpleasant day) | يوم سيئ |
bad hair day n | figurative, slang (day when everything goes wrong) | يوم سيئ |
bad hair day n | informal (day when your hair looks awful) | يوم بتصفيفة شعر سيئة |
Bastille Day n | (14th July: French national day) (في 14 يوليو) | عيد فرنسا الوطني |
beautiful day n | (day of sunny weather) | يوم جميل، يوم مشمس |
| What a beautiful day! It's finally spring, warm and sunny, and the flowers are blooming. |
| ياله من يوم جميل! وأخيراً جاء الربيع، شمس ودفء والأزهار تتفتح. |
big day n | (day of an important occasion) | يوم مهم |
Boxing Day n | UK (26th December) (عطلة في 26 ديسمبر في بريطانيا) | عطلة ما بعد عيد الميلاد |
| Nowadays, many people go to the sales on Boxing Day. |
break of day, break of dawn n | (dawn, sunrise, early morning) | فجر، مطلع الشمس |
| The hunt assembles and is ready to ride at the break of day. |
business day n | (day of trading) | يوم عمل |
| Your phone call will be returned within one business day. |
calendar day n | (date) | يوم شمسيّ، يوم تقويميّ |
| The package will be delivered in five to eight business days, not calendar days. |
call it a day v expr | informal (stop doing [sth]) | يتوقف عن عمل شيء |
| I've been working for hours, I'm going to call it a day. |
Canada Day n | Can (Canadian national day: 1st July) (1 يوليو: عطلة رسمية) | يوم كندا |
| Canada Day commemorates the confederation of Canada on July 1, 1867. |
carry the day v expr | (win, triumph) | يفوز، يكسب، يربح |
| We hope that our team will carry the day. |
cheap day return n | UK (type of train ticket) | تذكرة عودة مخفضة |
child care center, childcare center (US), day nursery, childcare centre (UK) n | (day nursery) | مَرْكز رعاية للأطفال |
| Many companies have an on-site child care center for their employees' children. |
Christmas Day n | (Christian festival: 25th December) | عيد الميلاد |
| Children can't wait to get out of bed on Christmas Day. |
clear as day, as clear as day adj | (visible, easy to see) | واضح، جليّ |
| Despite the police spokesman's denial, the onlooker's video showed the policeman's unprovoked aggression, as clear as day. |
clear as day, as clear as day adj | figurative (obvious, easy to understand) | واضح، مفهوم |
| It was clear as day to me that the Prime Minister had no intention of honouring his promises. |
close of day n | (end of the day, evening) | آخر النهار، المساء |
close of day adj | (at end of the day) (مضاف إليه) | آخرِ النهار |
| | مسائيّ |
| Close-of-day equity prices for domestic and foreign stock exchanges are available from many on-line sources. |
close of day n | euphemism (death) | الموت، نهاية الحياة |
| In his famous poem, Dylan Thomas urges that approaching death is to be resisted, that "old age should burn and rave at close of day". |
Columbus Day n | (holiday in honor of Christopher Columbus) (عيد تكريمًا لكريستوفر كولومبوس) | يوم كولومبوس |
D-day, D-Day n | historical (WWII invasion day) (في الحرب العالمية الثانية) | يوم الهجوم، يوم الغزو |
D-day n | figurative (date when [sth] important begins) (يوم ذو أهمية خاصة) | يوم منشود |
day after day adv | (every day) | يومًا بعد يوم، كل يوم |
| I'm sick of doing the same thing day after day. |
day and night adv | (all the time) (طوال الوقت) | ليل نهار، بُكرة وعشية |
| Edgar's been working day and night to get the house ready in time. |
day away (US), day out (UK) n | (one-day trip, outing) | يوم عطلة |
| We had a lovely day out at the seaside. |
day before n | (previous day) | أمس، البارحة |
day book n | (diary, daily log book) | يوميّات |
| I would be completely lost without my day book, my whole life is in there. |
day by day adv | (gradually) | يومًا بعد يوم، تدريجيًّا |
| His pain decreased day by day as his injuries gradually healed. |
day care n | US (childcare, nursery) | حضانة رعاية نهارية |
ملاحظة: The single-word form is used when the term is an adjective. |
| My 2-year old goes to day care every weekday morning. |
day care n | esp US (care for elderly, disabled) | مركز رعاية نهارية |
| I take my Dad to seniors' daycare every day so that I have time to run errands. |
day in court n | (day [sb] appears in court) | فرصة للمثول أمام القاضي |
day in, day out, day in and day out adv | informal (every day) | يومًا بعد يوم |
| It's so boring, doing the same thing day in, day out. |
day job n | (regular job) | عمل يوميّ، وظيفة أساسية |
day labor (US), day labour (UK) n | US (work: paid by the day) (يُدفع أجره باليوم) | عمل مياومة |
| Day labor is a growing part of the informal economy in the United States. |
day laborer (US), day labourer (UK) n | (worker hired by the day) | عامل بالمياومة |
| Sadly, day laborers usually lack benefits or job security. |
Day of Atonement n | (Jewish day of fasting) | يوم الكفّارة |
day of reckoning n | (religious: judgment day) | يوم الحساب |
| On the day of reckoning, Jesus Christ is coming to judge whatever we might have done. |
day of reckoning n | (day to deal with [sth] unpleasant) (مجازي) | يوم الحساب |
| On the day of reckoning, it will be interesting to see how the team performs against the league leaders. |
day of rest n | (religious: Sabbath) | يوم راحة |
| Sabbath is for Jews a day of rest. |
day of rest n | (day free of work) | يوم راحة من العمل |
| Today he had a day of rest from work. |
Day of the Dead n | (celebration: All Souls) (من الأعياد) | عيد الموتى |
day off n | (day of holiday from work) | يوم عطلة |
| No, I can't come into the office today, it's my day off! |
day return n | UK (same-day roundtrip ticket) | تذكرة ذهاب وإياب في نفس اليوم |
day shift n | (daytime work period) | نوبة عمل نهاريّة، ورديّة نهاريّة |
| The day shift starts at 5.30 a.m. |
the day shift, plural: the day shift n | (one or more daytime workers) | عمال النوبة النهاريّة، عمال الورديّة النهاريّة |
| Don't worry about cleaning that up: the day shift will do it in the morning. |
day to day adv | (on a daily basis) | مياومة، على أساس يومي |
| Shadowing enables a student to see what a job really entails day to day. |
day trip n | (outing made in a day) | رحلة في يوم واحد |
| If you live in New Jersey it's easy to take a day trip to New York City. |
day-trip⇒ vi | US (make a day trip) | يرحل ويعود في يوم واحد |
| | يذهب ويعود في نفس اليوم |
day-trip to [sth] vi + prep | US (make a day trip to a place) | يرحل إلى شيء ويعود في يوم واحد |
| When we were in New York City, we day-tripped to Staten Island. |
day-trip from [sth] vi + prep | US (make a day trip from a place) | يأتي من شيء في رحلة ليوم واحد |
| We met a couple in Oxford who were day-tripping from London. |
day-old adj | (made yesterday) | شغل أمس، مصنوع قبل يوم |
day-to-day adj | (everyday, daily) | يوميّ |
| The cost of day-to-day living has gone up hugely over the past few years. |
day-tripper n | ([sb] who takes a trip in under a day) (مسافر يذهب ويعود في نفس اليوم) | مسافر في رحلة ليوم واحد |
day's work n | (work done in one day) | عمل يوم |
| It will take one more day's work to finish the job. |
daybed, day bed n | (furniture: sofa bed) | أريكة نوم نهارية |
dayboy n | (young male at boarding school in day) (يعود للنوم في بيته) | تلميذ نهاريّ في مدرسة داخلية |
daycare center, day-care center (US), day nursery (UK) n | (children's nursery) (للأطفال) | دار حضانة، مركز رعاية نهاريّة |
daycare center, day-care center (US), day-care centre (UK) n | (care facility for adults) (للراشدين) | مركز رعاية نهارية |
daycare facility, day-care facility (US), day nursery (UK) n | (children's nursery) | دار حضانة، مركز رعاية نهاريّة |
daygirl n | (young female at boarding school in day) (تعود للنوم في بيتها) | تلميذة نهاريّة في مدرسة داخلية |
DayGlo, dayglo, Dayglo, day-glo n | ® (fluorescent) | ألوان شديدة السطوع |
ملاحظة: As a registered trademark, “DayGlo” should be capitalized, but it is frequently not capitalized in informal communication. |
dayroom, day room n | (room for leisure activities) (غرفة للنشاطات الترفيهية) | غرفة ترفيه |
dayroom, day room n | (hospital: patient recreation room) (للنشاطات الترفيهية للمرضى في مستشفى) | غرفة ترفيه |
dish of the day n | (restaurant's daily special) | طبق اليوم |
| The dish of the day at Williamson's is roast duck with your choice of vegetables. |
during the day adv | (in the daytime, in daylight hours) | خلال النهار |
| Nocturnal animals, like owls, sleep during the day and hunt during the night. |
duvet day n | informal (day off work) | يوم عطلة |
| I was feeling stressed and tired, so my boss agreed that I could take a duvet day. |
Earth Day n | (environmental awareness day) | يوم الأرض |
| The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970 and is now celebrated around the world. |
election day n | (date when votes are cast) | يوم الانتخابات |
| On election day, polling stations are open from 7am until10pm. |
entire day n | (whole duration of day) | كامل اليوم، اليوم بكامله |
every day adv | (on a daily basis) | يوميًّا، كل يوم |
| I have a shower every day. |
Every dog has his day, Every dog has its day expr | figurative (everyone will succeed) | الكلّ سيحالفه الحظّ في وقته |
every other day adv | (on alternate days) | كل يومين |
| The medication should be taken every other day. |
Father's Day n | (annual celebration day for fathers) | عيد الأب |
| This year, Father's Day falls on Sunday 21st June. |
| I always make sure to call my dad on Father's Day. |
feast day n | (date of religious celebration) | يوم عيد |
field day, sports day n | (school's outdoor sports event) | يوم رياضي |
field day n | figurative, informal (great opportunity to enjoy yourself) | فرصة للاستمتاع |
| | فرصة مؤاتية جدًّا |
| The revelation about the Prime Minister's love life was a field day for the tabloids. |
first-day cover, first day cover n | (postage stamp franked on day of issue) (في الطوابع البريدية) | إصدار اليوم الأول |
Flag Day n | US (June 14) (في 14 يونيو في الولايات المتحدة) | عيد العَلَم، يوم العَلَم |
flag day n | UK (charity fundraising day) (في المملكة المتحدة) | يوم جمع التبرّعات الخيرية |
for a rainy day expr | figurative (in case of future need) | يوم شدة، يوم أسود |
| I put the extra money in my emergency fund for a rainy day. |
| It's important to put some money aside for a rainy day. |
forever and a day adv | poetic (for all eternity) | إلى الأبد وأكثر |
| I shall love thee forever and a day! |
from day one expr | (from the beginning) | من البداية، من اليوم الأول |