afternoon
英 [ɑːftə'nuːn]
美 [,æftɚ'nun]
英語の語源
- afternoon (n.)
- c. 1300, from after + noon. In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon; from c. 1600 it has been in the afternoon. Middle English also had aftermete "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.
例文
- 1. They rose to the chalenge of entertaining 80 school-children for an afternoon .
- 彼らは午後、80人の学童を受け入れた。
- 2.It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.
- それは素晴らしい午後で、出席者は多い。
- 3.The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers.
- 大統領は今日午後、最も有力な軍事顧問と会見した。
- 4.It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon .
- これは11月の暗い午後、スタンフォード橋で発生した。
- 5.The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night.
- 戦闘は夕方に鳴り、一晩続いた。
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