weekday
/ˈwiːkdeɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈwiːkdeɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwēk-ˌdā/ (ame, mw)
weekday — 名詞
- weekdaysingular
- weekdaysplural
1. one of the five working days of the week, from Monday to Friday, when most peopl
平日
週一到週五的工作日
one of the five working days of the week, from Monday to Friday, when most people go to work or school
The library is open every weekday from eight in the morning until six.
圖書館每週一至週五上午八點開門到下午六點。
collocation: every weekday
Quinn walks to school on weekdays because the bus is too crowded.
Quinn 平日走路去上學，因為公車太擠了。
collocation: on weekdays
The town square is quiet on weekday mornings before the shops open.
商店開門前，鎮上的廣場平日早上都很安靜。
The museum charges less on weekdays than it does at the weekend.
博物館平日的門票比週末便宜。
Noa goes to swimming class on weekday evenings after finishing homework.
Noa 平日晚上做完功課後去上游泳課。
- workday
Often refers to the hours you work in a day, not the day itself (e.g., 'an eight-hour workday'). Can be used as a synonym for weekday in American English.
- business day
More formal term used in commercial and legal contexts; excludes public holidays as well as weekends.
- weekend
Saturday and Sunday, the two non-working days at the end of the week.
用法筆記
Commonly contrasted with weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Typical phrases are 'on weekdays' and 'every weekday'. 'Weekday' also combines with time words to form compounds like 'weekday morning' or 'weekday evening'.