also week-end, 1630s, from week + end (n.). Originally a northern word (referring to the period from Saturday noon to Monday morning); it became general after 1878. As an adjective, "only on weekends," it is recorded from 1935. Long weekend attested from 1900; in reference to Great Britain in the period between the world wars, 1944.
双语例句
1. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.
经过3个周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The winner will face the Oakland A's in the playoffs this weekend.
获胜者将在本周末的季后赛中对阵奥克兰运动者队。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Why don't you and I go away this weekend?
不如咱俩这个周末出去度假吧？
来自柯林斯例句
4. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike.
周末与教师工会举行的谈判避免了一场罢工。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived.
