month S1 W1 / mʌnθ / 名词 [可数名词]

1 one of the 12 named periods of time that a year is divided into

this/last/next month

Phil is coming home for a visit next month.

She’ll be thirteen this month.

I hope I’ll have finished the work by the end of the month .

She earns about £350 a month (= each month ) .

We update the schedule at least once a month.

the month of May/June etc

It snowed heavily during the month of January.

2 a period of about four weeks :

She has an eight-month-old daughter.

He’ll be away for two months.

The symptoms she suffered varied from month to month (= every few weeks she had different medical problems ) .

a month-long transport strike

3 months a long time, especially several months :

Redecorating the kitchen took months.

for/in months

I haven’t seen him for months.

4 month after month used to emphasize that something happens regularly or continuously for a period of time :

I felt I was doing the same old thing week after week, month after month.

5 month by month used when you are talking about a situation that develops slowly and steadily over a period of time :

Unemployment figures are rising month by month.

6 never/not in a month of Sundays especially British English spoken used to emphasize that something will definitely never happen :

You won’t find anyone to do that job in a month of Sundays.

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

last month The new restaurant opened last month.

the past month They had come to know and like each other in the past month.

the previous/preceding month (= the month before ) Sales were lower than in the previous month.

next month The movie will be released next month.

the coming months (= the next few months ) Further work is planned for the coming months.

the following month (= the next month ) By the following month he had raised over £400.

the summer/autumn/winter/spring months It’s very cold here during the winter months.

a calendar month (= one of the 12 months of the year ) We get paid on the last day of the calendar month.

短语

in recent months He had started to drink heavily in recent months.

the beginning/end/middle of the month You’ll receive your wages at the end of the month.

the time of the month This is the busiest time of the month.

the months of the year We’re learning the months of the year in German.

动词

a month passes/goes by Seven months went by before he returned.