- [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. 七八月份是最熱的時候。 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濕的兩個月。 during the summer/winter months 在夏季/冬季 We're moving house next month. 我們下個月搬家。 Last month I went on a school trip to Germany. 上個月,我去德國參加了一次學校旅行。 We got married two months ago. 我們兩個月前結婚了。 - a/per month
She earns $2 000 a month. 她每月賺 1 000 美元。 The rent is £800 per month. 租金是每月 300 英鎊。 Have you read this month's ‘Physics World’? 你看過這個月的《物理世界》嗎? Prices continue to rise month after month (= over a period of several months). 近幾個月價格持續上升。 Her anxiety mounted month by month (= as each month passed). 她的焦慮之情逐月加重。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1Our money's usually running low by this time of the month. 每月的這個時候,我們的錢一般都花得差不多了。 Performances were banned for the entire month of June. 整個 6 月禁止演出。 The festival is always held in the month of May. 這個節慶活動總是在 5 月舉辦。 This has been a record month for sales. 這是銷售額創紀錄的月份。 What does the salary work out as per month? 薪水折算到每個月是多少? Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months. 獲獎故事未來幾個月將在雜志上發表。 paid by the month 按月取酬 the Muslim holy month of Ramadan 穆斯林神聖的齋月 the early months of 2021 2021年的前幾個月
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
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- the months leading up to something
- time of the month
- [countable]
a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July 約 30 天的時間;一個月的時間 The baby is three months old. 這嬰兒三個月大了。 a three-month-old baby 三個月大的嬰兒 They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage. 他們婚後的頭幾個月住在多倫多。 The past few months have been hectic. 過去的幾個月一直忙得團團轉。 several months later 幾個月以後 a six-month contract 一份六個月的合約 a month-long strike 長達一個月的罷工 He visits Paris once or twice a month. 他一個月去一兩次巴黎。 In recent months the company has launched three new products. 最近幾個月,該公司推出了三種新産品。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1He spent about a month decorating the house. 他花了大約一個月裝修房子。 Children between one and 24 months of age were eligible. 1至24個月大的兒童有資格。 I waited six months for them to reply to my letter. 我等了 6 個月才盼來他們對我去信的回複。 I've been working on the illustration for over a month. 這幅插圖我已經畫了一個多月了。 In just a few short months he was promoted to manager. 短短幾個月,他就被提升爲經理。 Laura is in the final months of pregnancy with her first child. 勞拉懷第一胎已經到了臨産前最後幾個月。 We've been here five whole months now. 我們在這兒已經整整 5 個月了。 We're getting married in a month/in a month's time. 我們一個月後就要結婚了。 To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job. 爲了利用中間的幾個月,她找了份臨時工作。 The President was involved in discussions in the months leading up to the war. 在戰爭爆發前的幾個月裏,總統一直在參與討論。
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 數月;很長時間 He had to wait for months for the visas to come through. 他不得不等好幾個月才領到簽證。 It will be months before we get the results. 我們要等很長時間才能得到結果。 It took months to find another job. 另找一份工作花了好幾個月的時間。 - for months
It hasn't rained for months. 已經幾個月沒下雨了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
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- spend
- take
- wait
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- elapse
- go by
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- by the month
- during a/the month of
- in a/the month of
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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 風靡一時的人(或事物) Environmental issues are no longer the flavour of the month. 環境問題不再是這個月的特色。 I’m not exactly flavour of the month around here at the moment. 我現在不太適合這裏。
(in) a month of Sundays
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used to emphasize that something will never happen or will take a very long time 遙遙無期;根本不會發生