date

date, day

这两个名词均有“日”之意。
date: 指具体的年、月、日，或指年代、时代。
day: 泛指任何一天，或指含有“一昼夜”意义的一天，也可指工作日。可用复数表时代、时期。

名词 date:

1. the specified day of the month
   同义词：day of the month
2. a particular day specified as the time something happens
3. a meeting arranged in advance
   同义词：appointment, engagement
4. a particular but unspecified point in time
   同义词：particular date
5. the present
6. a participant in a date
   同义词：escort
7. the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
8. sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

动词 date:

1. go on a date with
2. stamp with a date
   同义词：date stamp
3. assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
4. date regularly; have a steady relationship with
   同义词：go steady, go out, see
5. provide with a dateline; mark with a date

1. They made a date to meet soon.
   他们约定不久见面。
2. This Greek dish is of a very early date.
   这个希腊盘子是很早时期的制品。
3. I can't date that house exactly, but it must be very old.
   我不能确切地说出那所房子的年代，但一定是很古老的。

date

n.Abbr. d.（名词）缩写 d.

Time stated in terms of the day, month, and year.
日期：以日、月、年记载的时间
A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
日期：对历法时间的描述，如在文件中
A specified day of a month.
月份中特定的一天
A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
某事物发生的日期：某事物发生、存在或即将发生的特定的点或一段时间
The time during which something lasts; duration.
某事持续的期间；持续一段时间
The time or historical period to which something belongs:
时期：某事属于的时间或历史期间：
例句：
artifacts of a later date.
后期的文物

An appointment, especially an engagement to go out socially with a member of the opposite sex, for example.See Synonyms at engagement
与异性的约会：约会，尤指和异性出去的社交约会，例如参见 engagement
A person`s companion on such an outing.
约会对象：这种约会出去的人的同伴
An engagement for a performance:
档期：为表演而作的安排：
例句：
has four singing dates this month.
这个月有四场演唱会

v.（动词）
dat.ed,dat.ing,dates
v.tr.（及物动词）
To mark or supply with a date:
用日期标记或注明：
例句：
date a letter.
注明信的日期

To determine the date of:
鉴定…的年份：
例句：
date a fossil.
确定化石的年代

To betray the age of:
显示…的年龄，使显得陈旧：
例句：
Pictures of old cars date the book.
旧式汽车的图片使这本书看起来很旧

To go on a date with.
和…去约会
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To have origin in a particular time in the past:
源自：有过去特定时间的起源：
例句：
This statue dates from 500b.c.
这座雕像可以追溯到公元前 500年

To become old-fashioned.
使过时，使落后
To go on dates.
约会

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin data
源自 中世纪拉丁语 data
from Latin data (Romae) [issued (at Rome) (on a certain day)] [feminine past participle of] dare [to give] * see dô-
源自 拉丁语 data (Romae) [发布（在罗马）（在一特定的日子）] [] dare的阴性过去分词 [给予] *参见 dô-

【引伸】
dat.able 或
date.able
adj.（形容词）
dat.er
n.（名词）

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date
date 2

n.（名词）
The sweet, edible, oblong or oval fruit of the date palm, containing a narrow, hard seed.
海枣：甜的、可食用的长方形或椭圆形的海枣树的果实，含有狭长坚硬的籽
A date palm.
海枣树

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Old Provenôal datil
源自 古普罗旺斯语 datil
from Latin dactylus
源自 拉丁语 dactylus
from Greek daktulos [date, finger (from its shape)]
源自 希腊语 daktulos [海枣，手指（从它的形状）]