12 o’clock in the middle of the day 正午；中午 We should be there by noon. 我们应该最晚中午到达。 The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday. 这次会议在星期六中午 12 点开幕。 the noon deadline for the end of hostilities 中午结束敌对状态这一最后期限 I'm leaving on the noon train. 我坐中午的火车走。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 12
- high
- around noon
- at noon
- by noon
- …
- morning, noon and night
Word OriginOld English nōn ‘the ninth hour from sunrise, i.e. approximately 3 p.m.’, from Latin nona (hora) ‘ninth hour’.
Idioms
morning, noon and night
at all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that something happens very often or that it happens continuously) 从早到晚；一天到晚 She talks about him morning, noon and night. 她整天把他挂在嘴边。 The work continues morning, noon and night. 这项工作从早到晚持续进行。 It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night. 她整天就是说这个。