noontime
noontime · noontimes
NoonNoon.
US/nˈuntˌaɪm/
» Noontime in Boston is late night in Japan.
Значение
значений: 3Noon.
Approximately noon.
the noontime hours
(переносно)The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day).
Примеры
предложений: 1Noontime in Boston is late night in Japan.
Происхождение
From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from MidFrom noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”).
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