| 词组 | morning |
| 释义 | morning The morning is the part of each day which begins when you get up or when it becomes light outside, and which ends at noon or lunchtime. ◊ the present day You refer to the morning of the present day as this morning. His plane left this morning. 'When did it come?' ---'This morning.' You refer to the morning of the previous day as yesterday morning. Yesterday morning there were more than 1,500 boats waiting in the harbour for the weather to improve. If you want to say that something will happen during the morning of the next day, you say that it will happen tomorrow morning or in the morning. You've got to be in court tomorrow morning. Phone him in the morning. ◊ single events in the past If you want to say that something happened during a particular morning in the past, you use on. She left after breakfast on Saturday morning. On the morning of our departure, an old man came up and spoke to him. If you have been describing what happened during a particular day, you can then say that something happened that morning or in the morning. That morning I flew from East London to Johannesburg. The tracks told me what had happened in the morning. If you are talking about a day in the past and you want to mention that something had happened during the morning of the day before, you say that it had happened the previous morning. My head felt clear, as it had been the previous morning. If you want to say that something happened during the morning of the next day, you say that it happened the next morning, in the morning, next morning, or the following morning. The next morning I got up early and ate my breakfast. In the morning Bernard wanted to go out for fresh milk. Next morning we drove over to Leysin. The ship was due to sail the following morning. In stories, if you want to say that something happened during a morning in the past, without saying which morning, you say that it happened one morning. One morning there was a fire in the prison camp. You can also say, for example, that something happened one January morning or on a January morning. One breezy March morning, Miss Clare was upstairs making her lodger's bed. One morning in 1936 I accompanied Bertha to church. On a fine May morning Washington reviewed the troops. ◊ talking about the future If you want to say that something will happen during a particular morning in the future, you use on. They're coming to see me on Friday morning. If you are already talking about a day in the future, you can say that something will happen in the morning. The teams will arrive at Orpington on Sunday, when the South of England will play Vermont in the morning. If you are talking about a day in the future and you want to say that something will happen during the morning of the next day, you say that it will happen the following morning. We will arrive in Delhi on Friday evening and set off for Nepal the following morning. ◊ regular events If something happens or happened regularly every morning, you say that it happens or happened in the morning or in the mornings. I read all the papers in the morning. The museums may open only in the mornings. I had to get up very early in the morning. She stayed in bed in the mornings. If you want to say that something happens or happened once a week during a particular morning, you use on followed by the name of a day of the week and mornings. You can deposit and withdraw money on Saturday mornings. My father mended shoes on Sunday mornings. ◊ exact times If you have mentioned an exact time and you want to make it clear that you are talking about the period between midnight and noon rather than the period between noon and midnight, you add in the morning. They often hold policy meetings at seven in the morning. It was five o'clock in the morning. |
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