noon
noun[U]
uk/nuːn/us/nuːn/A2
twelve o'clock in themiddleof theday, or about thattime:
正午,中午We used toskibefore noon and then have alonglunch.我们过去经常在中午之前滑雪,然后慢悠悠地吃午餐。
By noon, we had had tenphonecalls.到中午时,我们已经接了10个电话。
Synonym
midday
See also
high noon
- Hotelguestsarerequestedtovacatetheirroomsby twelve noon.
- There's anoticeoutsidethebuildingwhich says 'Noadmissionbefore 12 noon'.
- Theswimmingpooldoesn't getbusyuntil noon.
- Ifinishworkat noon onSaturday, so we could go for acoffeethen.
- Thetraingets in just before noon.
Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- arvo
- at the crack of dawnidiom
- happy hour
- high noon
- hour
- in broad daylightidiom
- in the dead of night/winteridiom
- night
- nocturnal
- nocturnally
- noontime
- o'clock
- office hours
- the witching hour
- twilit
- workday
- working day