- [countable]
any of the twelve periods of time into which the year is divided, for example May or June 月;月份 The months of July and August are the hottest. 七八月份是最热的时候。 May and June are the two wettest months of the year in Nebraska. 五月和六月是内布拉斯加州一年中最潮湿的两个月。 during the summer/winter months 在夏季/冬季 We're moving house next month. 我们下个月搬家。 Last month I went on a school trip to Germany. 上个月,我去德国参加了一次学校旅行。 We got married two months ago. 我们两个月前结婚了。 - a/per month
She earns $2 000 a month. 她每月赚 1 000 美元。 The rent is £800 per month. 租金是每月 300 英镑。 Have you read this month's ‘Physics World’? 你看过这个月的《物理世界》吗? Prices continue to rise month after month (= over a period of several months). 近几个月价格持续上升。 Her anxiety mounted month by month (= as each month passed). 她的焦虑之情逐月加重。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1Our money's usually running low by this time of the month. 每月的这个时候,我们的钱一般都花得差不多了。 Performances were banned for the entire month of June. 整个 6 月禁止演出。 The festival is always held in the month of May. 这个节庆活动总是在 5 月举办。 This has been a record month for sales. 这是销售额创纪录的月份。 What does the salary work out as per month? 薪水折算到每个月是多少? Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months. 获奖故事未来几个月将在杂志上发表。 paid by the month 按月取酬 the Muslim holy month of Ramadan 穆斯林神圣的斋月 the early months of 2021 2021年的前几个月
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
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- [countable]
a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July 约 30 天的时间;一个月的时间 The baby is three months old. 这婴儿三个月大了。 a three-month-old baby 三个月大的婴儿 They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage. 他们婚后的头几个月住在多伦多。 The past few months have been hectic. 过去的几个月一直忙得团团转。 several months later 几个月以后 a six-month contract 一份六个月的合约 a month-long strike 长达一个月的罢工 He visits Paris once or twice a month. 他一个月去一两次巴黎。 In recent months the company has launched three new products. 最近几个月,该公司推出了三种新产品。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1He spent about a month decorating the house. 他花了大约一个月装修房子。 Children between one and 24 months of age were eligible. 1至24个月大的儿童有资格。 I waited six months for them to reply to my letter. 我等了 6 个月才盼来他们对我去信的回复。 I've been working on the illustration for over a month. 这幅插图我已经画了一个多月了。 In just a few short months he was promoted to manager. 短短几个月,他就被提升为经理。 Laura is in the final months of pregnancy with her first child. 劳拉怀第一胎已经到了临产前最后几个月。 We've been here five whole months now. 我们在这儿已经整整 5 个月了。 We're getting married in a month/in a month's time. 我们一个月后就要结婚了。 To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job. 为了利用中间的几个月,她找了份临时工作。 The President was involved in discussions in the months leading up to the war. 在战争爆发前的几个月里,总统一直在参与讨论。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
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- by the month
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- the months leading up to something
- time of the month
- months[plural]
a long time, especially a period of several months 数月;很长时间 He had to wait for months for the visas to come through. 他不得不等好几个月才领到签证。 It will be months before we get the results. 我们要等很长时间才能得到结果。 It took months to find another job. 另找一份工作花了好几个月的时间。 - for months
It hasn't rained for months. 已经几个月没下雨了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
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- the months leading up to something
- time of the month
Word OriginOld English mōnath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maand and German Monat, also to moon.
Idioms
flavour of the month
a person or thing that is very popular at a particular time 风靡一时的人(或事物) Environmental issues are no longer the flavour of the month. 环境问题不再是这个月的特色。 I’m not exactly flavour of the month around here at the moment. 我现在不太适合这里。
(in) a month of Sundays
- (informal)
used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time 遥遥无期;根本不会发生