week‧end 1 S1 W2 / wikend◂ wikend $ wikend / 名词 [可数名词]

Saturday and Sunday, especially considered as time when you do not work :

Are you doing anything nice this weekend ?

last/next weekend (= the weekend before or after this one )

at the weekend British English on the weekend American English :

I never work at the weekend.

What are you doing on the weekend?

at weekends British English on weekends American English :

I only see him at weekends.

Tony has been unwell over the weekend (= during the weekend ) .

We’re going to Paris for a long weekend (= Saturday and Sunday, and also Friday or Monday, or both ) .

weekend cottage/cabin etc (= a place in the country where you spend your weekends )

→ dirty weekend at dirty 1 ( 2 )

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + weekend

this weekend Are you going sailing this weekend?

next weekend I’m going to Palm Springs next weekend.

last weekend We were in Glasgow last weekend.

the previous weekend The talks had been scheduled for the previous weekend.

the following weekend The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.

a long weekend (= Saturday, Sunday, and also Friday or Monday or both ) In August we had a long weekend in the Lake District.

a holiday weekend (= a weekend that has days before or after it which are holidays ) The roads were jammed on the Friday before the holiday weekend.

weekend + NOUN

a weekend break British English (= a holiday that lasts a weekend ) She was looking forward to her weekend break in Paris.

a weekend cottage British English (= a house you have in the country, where you spend your weekends ) A friend of mine has a weekend cottage on the South Coast, and we often go down there in summer.