morn‧ing 1 S1 W1 / mɔnɪŋ $ mɔr- / 名词 [可数和不可数名词]

1 the early part of the day, from when the sun rises until 12 o’clock in the middle of the day :

I hated those cold winter mornings.

I’m not feeling very well this morning.

He stayed in bed late on Sunday morning.

She took the early morning train.

2 the part of the day from 12 o’clock at night until 12 o’clock in the middle of the day

two/four o’clock in the morning

The phone rang at three in the morning.

It’s four o’clock in the morning.

3 in the morning if something will happen in the morning, it will happen during the morning of the following day :

I’ll deal with that in the morning.

4 mornings during the morning of each day :

She works mornings at the local school.

5 morning, noon, and night used to emphasize that something happens a lot or continuously :

I was on duty morning, noon, and night.

→ coffee morning

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + morning

Friday/Monday/Saturday etc morning I’ll see you on Monday morning.

tomorrow morning Can you have the report ready by tomorrow morning?

yesterday morning I haven’t seen her since yesterday morning.

this morning (= today in the morning ) What did you do this morning?

the next morning/the following morning His meeting was not until the next morning.

late morning By the time he woke, it was late morning.

the early morning A light frost covered the fields in the early morning.

a beautiful/fine/sunny morning Outside it was a beautiful morning.

a cold/frosty morning Porridge tastes good on a cold morning.

a summer/winter etc morning They set off on a beautiful spring morning.

morning + NOUN

the morning sun/light/mist the warmth of the morning sun

a morning coffee/run/swim (= that someone does, drinks etc in the morning ) She read the paper while drinking her morning coffee.

the morning paper/news (= that is published or broadcast in the morning ) The story was in all the morning papers.

the morning train/flight (= that leaves in the morning ) She took the morning flight back to London.

短语

early in the morning He has to get up very early in the morning.

first thing in the morning (= at the beginning of the morning ) She set off first thing in the morning.

from morning till night (= all day – used for emphasis ) He works from morning till night.

in the small hours of the morning (= very early, before dawn ) I was woken up in the small hours of the morning by a strange sound.