Sunday: [OE] Sunday is part of the general system of naming days of the week after heavenly bodies inherited by the Germanic peoples from the ancient Mediterranean world. The Romans called the day diēs sōlis ‘day of the sun’, which in translation has become German sonntag, Dutch zondag, Swedish s?ndag, Danish s?ndag, and English sunday. Welsh retains the term (dydd sul), but the Romance languages have gone over to variations on ‘Lord’s day’ (French dimanche, Spanish domingo, etc).
Sunday (n.)
first day of the week, Old English sunnand?g (Northumbrian sunnad?g), literally "day of the sun," from sunnan, oblique case of sunne "sun" (see sun (n.)) + d?g "day" (see day). A Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies solis "day of the sun," which is itself a loan-translation of Greek hemera heliou. Compare Old Saxon sunnun dag, Old Frisian sunnandei, Old Norse sunnundagr, Dutch zondag, German Sonntag "Sunday."
In European Christian cultures outside Germanic often with a name meaning "the Lord's Day" (Latin Dominica). Sunday-school dates from 1783 (originally for secular instruction); Sunday clothes is from 1640s. Sunday driver is from 1925.
雙語例句
1. On Sunday Cohen lay around the house all day.
科恩星期天一整天都在家無所事事。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Randall would just now be getting the Sunday paper.
蘭德爾這個時候應該正在拿周日的報紙。
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3. Naomi used to go to church in Granville every Sunday.
娜奧米以前每個星期天都去格蘭維爾的教堂做禮拜。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He told his story to The Sunday Times and produced photographs.
他把自己的經歷講述給了《星期日泰晤士報》的記者，還提供了照片。
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5. The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin.