Wednesday

英 ['wenzde?; -d?] 美['w?nzde]

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復(fù)數(shù):?Wednesdays;

Wednesday 星期三

來自古英語wodnesdaeg,即Woden’s day,來自日耳曼主神Woden，對應(yīng)羅馬主神Jupiter.

Wednesday: Wednesday: [OE] The Romans called the middle day of the week Mercurii diēs ‘Mercury’s day’ (source of French mercredi, Italian mercoledì, and Spanish miercoles). The Germanic peoples equated Mercury with their own god Woden or Odin (whose name may etymologically mean the ‘inspired or mad one’), and they translated the Latin term accordingly, giving Dutch woensdag, Swedish and Danish onsdag, and English Wednesday.
Wednesday (n.): fourth day of the week, Old English wodnesd?g "Woden's day," a Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury" (compare Old Norse Oeinsdagr, Swedish Onsdag, Old Frisian Wonsdei, Middle Dutch Wudensdach). For Woden, see Odin.

Contracted pronunciation is recorded from 15c. The Odin-based name is missing in German (mittwoch, from Old High German mittwocha, literally "mid-week"), probably by influence of Gothic, which seems to have adopted a pure ecclesiastical (i.e. non-astrological) week from Greek missionaries. The Gothic model also seems to be the source of Polish ?roda, Russian sreda "Wednesday," literally "middle."

1. Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup.: 昨晚羅蘭·尼爾森打賭謝菲爾德周三隊(duì)會捧得歐洲聯(lián)盟杯。

2. Meanwhile the race is on to resurface the road before next Wednesday.: 與此同時正趕著在下周三之前把路面重新鋪好。

3. Steve had told her that he'dbeen in an accident on Wednesday night.: 史蒂夫已經(jīng)告訴過她自己周三晚上出了事故。

4. The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.: 從周三晚上開始，首都就停水了。

5. The immediate flashpoint was Wednesday's big rally in the city centre.: 星期三市中心的大集會成了直接的導(dǎo)火索。