date
[NOUN, VERB]
dates
1. [C 可数名词] 日期
A date is a specific time that can be named, for example, a particular day or a particular year.
双语例句
例：What's the date today?
今天是几号？
例：You will need to give the dates you wish to stay and the number of rooms you require.
你需要告知你的逗留日期和所需的房间数量。
例：Closing date for applications is the end of January.
申请的截止日期是一月底。
2. [C 可数名词] 约会
A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.
双语例句
例：I have a date with Bob.
我和鲍勃有个约会。
3. [C 可数名词] （恋爱中的）约会对象
If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date.
双语例句
例：He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show.
他对埃西撒谎说他约会的对象是参加演出的一个女孩。
4. [C 可数名词] 椰枣
A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.
NOUN. 名词
date back
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 追溯
If something dates back to a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
双语例句
例：The issue is not a new one. It dates back to the 1930s at least.
这并不是一个新的问题，它至少可以追溯到20世纪30年代。
例：a long tradition dating back to the early Greeks.
一个可以上溯到希腊早期的久远传统。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
to date
1. 到目前为止
To date means up until the present time.
双语例句
例：'Dottie' is by far his best novel to date.
《小多特》是他至今最为出色的小说。
PHRASE. 习语
dates , dating , dated
1. [RECIP 相互动词] （恋爱中）约会
If you are dating someone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two people are dating.
双语例句
例：For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant.
我曾与一个女研究助理约会了一年的时间。
2. [T 及物动词] 推断…的年代
If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began.
双语例句
例：I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.
我认为我们可以非常准确地推断出西方文明衰落的年代。
3. [T 及物动词] 给…标注日期
When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it.
双语例句
例：Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet.
一旦做出决定，他就可以在那张表上签上日期和名字。
4. [I 不及物动词] 过时
If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes.
双语例句
例：Blue and white is the classic colour combination for bathrooms. It always looks smart and will never date.
蓝色和白色是浴室的经典色彩搭配，看起来总是很时髦，永远不会过时。
VERB. 动词
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