英汉词典

December 基本解释

• n. 十二月

December 词态变化

December 中文词源

来自decem-, 十，词源同ten.原指古罗马历的十月，后为使历法更科学，加入了January, February, 而原来的十月顺延到十二月。

December 英文词源

December

December: [13] December was originally so named by the ancient Romans (Latin December) because it was the tenth month of their calendar (which began with March). The term was derived from Latin decem ‘ten’. It reached English via Old French decembre.
=> decimal, ten

December (n.)

c. 1000, from Old French decembre, from Latin December, from decem "ten" (see ten); tenth month of the old Roman calendar, which began with March.

The -ber in four Latin month names is probably from -bris, an adjectival suffix. Tucker thinks that the first five months were named for their positions in the agricultural cycle, and "after the gathering in of the crops, the months were merely numbered."

If the word contains an element related to mensis, we must assume a *decemo-membris (from *-mensris). October must then be by analogy from a false division Sep-tem-ber &c. Perhaps, however, from *de-cem(o)-mr-is, i.e. "forming the tenth part or division," from *mer- ..., while October = *octuo-mr-is. [T.G. Tucker, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin"]

December 英文释义

1. the last (12th) month of the year

December 双语例句

1. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.

他们的第一辆车于12月16日下线。

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2. There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9th.

12月9日将举行这两位候选人的决胜选举。

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3. Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.

去年12月他们追捕到其中一名匪徒并将其击毙。

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4. The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16.

双方将在12月16日再次交锋以争夺进入四分之一决赛的席位。

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5. On December 8 the media blitz began in earnest.

12月8日，一场大规模媒体宣传活动轰轰烈烈地展开了。

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December 实用场景例句

There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9th.

12月9日将举行这两位候选人的决胜选举。

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Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.

去年12月他们追捕到其中一名匪徒并将其击毙。

柯林斯例句

The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16.

双方将在12月16日再次交锋以争夺进入四分之一决赛的席位。

柯林斯例句

The rainy season in the Andes normally starts in December.

安第斯山区的雨季通常在12月份来临。

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The trees were damaged by a freeze in December.

那些树因为12月里的一次冰冻而遭到毁坏。

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By December last year most of the resources had been spoken for.

去年12月之前，绝大多数的资源就被预订了。

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Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.

她的政治生涯于1988年12月画上了句号。

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Her baby was born on 4th December.

她的孩子是12月4号出生的。

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Barry resigned his directorship in December 1973.

巴里于1973年12月辞去了他的董事之职。

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I keep forgetting it's December.

我总是忘了现在是12月了。

柯林斯例句

Four years of negotiation ended fruitlessly last December.

历时4年的谈判在去年12月无果而终。

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From September until December, Congress remained in session.

从9月到12月，国会一直都在开会。

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The bank celebrates its hundredth anniversary in December.

这家银行将于12月庆祝其成立100周年。

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The closing date for entries is 31st December.

提交参赛作品的截止日期是12月31日。

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She looked back now to that fateful day in December.

她现在回顾十二月里那决定性的一天。

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