also week-end, 1630s, from week + end (n.). Originally a northern word (referring to the period from Saturday noon to Monday morning); it became general after 1878. As an adjective, "only on weekends," it is recorded from 1935. Long weekend attested from 1900; in reference to Great Britain in the period between the world wars, 1944.
雙語例句
1. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.
經過3個周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了倫道夫的求婚。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The winner will face the Oakland A's in the playoffs this weekend.
獲勝者將在本周末的季后賽中對陣奧克蘭運動者隊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Why don't you and I go away this weekend?
不如咱倆這個周末出去度假吧？
來自柯林斯例句
4. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike.
周末與教師工會舉行的談判避免了一場罷工。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived.