noon
noun [ U ] uk/nuːn/ us/nuːn/
A2 正午，中午
twelve o'clock in the middle of the day, or about that time
We used to ski before noon and then have a long lunch. 我们过去经常在中午之前滑雪，然后慢悠悠地吃午餐。
By noon, we had had ten phone calls. 到中午时，我们已经接了10个电话。
Synonym: midday
See also: high noon
- More examples
- Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by twelve noon.
- There's a notice outside the building which says 'No admission before 12 noon'.
- The swimming pool doesn't get busy until noon.
- I finish work at noon on Saturday, so we could go for a coffee then.
- The train gets in just before noon.