noon

noon

英 [nuːn]
　　美 [nun]

n. 中午；正午；全盛期
　　n. (Noon)人名；(朝)嫩；(英、巴基)努恩

中文詞源：

noon 中午

來自古英語non,第九個小時，下午三點，詞源同nine.因古時以六點為基準點，後在14世紀時詞義由下午三點過渡到中午12點。

例句：

1. There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night.
從中午到夜晚，爭鬥沒有停歇。

2. He expected the transfer to go through by today's noon deadline.
他希望轉賬在今天中午的最後期限之前完成。

3. Government workers were made to punch time clocks morning, noon and night.
公務員早、中、晚都要打卡。

4. The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow.
會議主席將明天中午定為截止日期。

5. Shops usually shut from noon-3pm, and stay open late.
商店通常中午到下午3點關門，然後營業到很晚。