November

英 [n?(?)'vemb?] 美[no'v?mb?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?Novembers;

November 十一月

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)November mensis,九月，來(lái)自novem,九，詞源同nine.原指古羅馬歷的九月，后由于歷法改革，增加了January和February，原先的九月順延至十一月。比較December.

November: November: [13] The ancient Romans calculated the beginning of their year from March. Hence they named their ninth month novembris or november mēnsis. November and novembris were derivatives of Latin novem ‘nine’.
November: c. 1200, from Old French novembre and directly from Latin November (also Novembris (mensis)), from novem "nine" (see nine). The ninth month of the Roman calendar, which began in March. For -ber see December. In Old English, it was Blotmonae "month of sacrifice," literally "blood-month," the time when the early Saxons prepared for winter by sacrificing animals, which they then butchered and stored for food.

1. Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November.: 去年11月，軍隊(duì)被派往這些島嶼以恢復(fù)秩序。

2. He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.: 他獲得保釋，將于11月5日在地方法庭出庭受審。

3. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.: 他在11月3號(hào)的選舉中僅獲得了49%的相對(duì)多數(shù)票。

4. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.: 這發(fā)生在11月一個(gè)陰沉的下午，斯坦福德橋上。

5. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.: 布朗夫人在11月的選舉中仍然沒(méi)有十足的勝算。