noon

名词 noon:

1. the middle of the day
   同义词：twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide

1. It's my habit to take a nap at noon.
   我有个睡午觉的习惯。
2. He reasoned that if we started at dawn, we would be there by noon.
   他推断，我们要是黎明出发，中午就能到。
3. We reckon to arrive in Delhi at noon.
   我们估计正午抵达德里。
4. The visitor left a little before noon.
   来访者在中午前一会儿离开了。

noon

n.Abbr. n.,N.（名词）缩写 n.,N.

Twelve o`clock in the daytime; midday.
中午：中午十二点；正午
The time or point in the sun`s path at which the sun is on the local meridian.Also called noontide ,noontime
太阳在子午线上方之时或之点也作 noontide,noontime
The highest point; the zenith.
最高点：顶点
Archaic Midnight.
【古语】 午夜
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
中午：通常用来修饰另一个名词：
例句：
noon meals; noon meetings.
午饭；午间会议

来源：
Middle English non
中古英语 non
from Old English nôn [canonical hour of nones (3] p.m. in early Middle Ages)
源自 古英语 nôn [规定的祈祷时间（中世纪早期的] 下午 3点）
from Late Latin nôna (hôra) [ninth (hour after sunrise), nones]
源自 后期拉丁语 nôna (hôra) [九点（日出后的小时），古罗马历]
feminine sing. of Latin nônus [ninth] * see newô
拉丁语 nônus的阴性单数 [第九] *参见 newô