English Dictionary

afternoon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌɑːf.tə.ˈnuːn/

名詞

比喩的用法 くだけた表現

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. / (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.

日本語の意味

正午または昼食時から日没、夕方または夕食時までの一日の時間帯を指す。 / 比喩的に、ある物事の後半部分、しばしば衰退や終焉を伴う段階を示す。

We scheduled the meeting for the afternoon so everyone could attend after lunch.

私たちは午後に会議を予定し、皆が昼食後に参加できるようにしました。

意味（1）

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;

意味（2）

(figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.

Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner A care-crazd mother of a many children, A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow, Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye, Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts, To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie, By her in his vnlawfull bed he got.

意味（3）

(informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.

afternoons （ plural ）