date

date1
noun
  1. the day of the month or year as specified by a number
    日期
    what's the date today?.
    今天几号？。
    they've set a date for the wedding.
    他们选定了婚礼的日期。
    ■a particular day or year when a given event occurred or will occur
    （特别的）日子，年份
    1066 is the most famous date in English history.
    1066年是英格兰历史上最著名的一年。
    ■(dates)the years of a particular person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of a particular period or event
    生卒年份，起讫日期
    ■the period of time to which an artefact or structure belongs
    时期，年代
    the church is the largest of its date.
    该教堂是当时最大的。
    ■a written, printed, or stamped statement on a document or as an inscription giving the day, month, and year of writing, publication, or manufacture
    时间，年代标识
    these Roman coins bear an explicit date.
    这些古罗马的硬币上铸有明确的年代。
  2. (informal)a social or romantic appointment or engagement
    (非正式)约会
    ■a person with whom one has such an engagement
    约会对象
    my date isn't going to show, it seems.
    看起来我约的人不会来了。
    ■a musical or theatrical engagement or performance, especially as part of a tour
    （巡回）演出
verb
[with obj.]
  1. establish or ascertain the date of (an object or event)
    确定年代
    they date the paintings to 1460–70.
    他们将这些画的年代确定在1460–1470年之间。
    ■mark with a date
    标署日期
    sign and date the document.
    签订文件并标署日期。
    ■[no obj.]originate at a particular time; have existed since
    追溯到，自…起
    the controversy dates back to 1986.
    论战可追溯到1986年。
  2. indicate or expose as being old-fashioned
    使过时，使显得过时
    jazzy—does that word date me?.
    爵士风格——这个词让我显得过时了吗？。
    ■[no obj.]seem old-fashioned
    显得过时
    the coat may be pricey but it will never date.
    这件外套可能是很贵，但是它永远不会过时。
    [as adj. dated]a dated expression.
    过时的用语。
  3. (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)go out with (someone in whom one is romantically or sexually interested)
    (非正式，主北美)约会
    my sister's pretty judgemental about the girls I date.
    姐姐对我约会的女孩子相当爱妄加判断。
    [no obj.]they have been dating for more than a year.
    他们约会了一年多。
常用词组
to date
  1. until now
    迄今，至今
    their finest work to date.
    他们迄今为止最好的作品。
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin data, feminine past participle of dare 'give'; from the Latin formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ('letter) given or delivered', to record a particular time or place
date2
noun
  1. a sweet, dark brown oval fruit containing a hard stone, usually eaten dried
    枣子
  2. (亦作 date palm)a tall palm tree which bears clusters of this fruit, native to western Asia and North Africa
    枣椰子，战捷木
  3. Phoenix dactylifera, family Palmae
    拉丁名Phoenix dactylifera，棕榈科
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek daktulos 'finger' (because of the finger-like shape of its leaves)
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