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midafternoon

/mid-af-ter-noon, -ahf-/US // ˈmɪdˌæf tərˈnun, -ˌɑf- //

午后,下午,中午时分,午间

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : occurring in or pertaining to midafternoon: a midafternoon nap.

Examples

  • Occasional bursts of moderate to heavy snow are possible between midmorning and midafternoon Sunday, which will reduce visibility.

  • In midafternoon we actually felt the detonation of two bombs a couple of miles away.

  • By midafternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, nearing 14,100, was in spitting distance of a record-setting close.

  • It was midafternoon when she finally got back to her apartment.

  • Roughly 600 refugees fled across the border by midafternoon as the military operation continued.

  • Served with a café au lait, this is the perfect snack for breakfast, brunch, midafternoon, at midnight… basically any time.

  • Toward midafternoon the eastern side draws on its coat of black as suddenly as that of the other was cast aside in the morning.

  • Although it was hardly beyond midafternoon, Colonel Forsyth halted the company, and we went into camp.

  • By midafternoon the beach was lined with people who had learned the good news through the grapevine.

  • However, he held out longer than she thought he could, and it was past midafternoon when he finally came.

  • Or that she went out to the garage at any time before the police arrived, which was in midafternoon?