Tuesday

Tuesday

英 ['tjuːzdeɪ; -dɪ]
　　美 [ˈtuzdi, -ˌde, ˈtjuz-]

n. 星期二

n.(名詞)Tuesday的意思是“星期二”,在美式英語中指一周的第二天,在英式英語中,指一周的第三天。Tuesday來源於Day of Mars(火星日),可縮寫成Tues.。Tuesday前一般不用冠詞,有時可加定冠詞the來表示“所談到的那一周的星期二”。表示“某個星期二”時,Tuesday可加不定冠詞a。表示“在星期二”時,一般用介詞on,但如果有this, that, last, before, every等詞修飾時,不能再用介詞on。

中文詞源：

Tuesday 星期二

來自古英語 tiwesdaeg,即 Tiwes's day,來自 Tiw,日耳曼神話中的主神，來自 PIE*deiwos,神，擴 展自 PIE*dyeu,照明，照耀，詞源同 Zeus,Jupiter,diva.

例句：

1. Tuesday's notable gainer was Sony, which reached a high of 9,070 yen.
星期二的大贏傢為索尼公司，其股票上漲至9,070日元的高點。

2. Nottingham Forest qualified for the final by beating Tranmere on Tuesday.
諾丁漢森林隊於星期二打敗瞭特蘭米爾隊,取得瞭決賽資格.

3. The Governor will appear before the committee next Tuesday.
下周二，州長將接受委員會的質詢。

4. The five were expected to be hanged at 7 am on Tuesday.
那5個人將在周二早上7點被施以絞刑。

5. The first debate was supposed to have been held on Tuesday.
第一場辯論本該在星期二就舉行瞭。