名詞 noon:

1. the middle of the day
   同義詞：twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide

1. It's my habit to take a nap at noon.
   我有個(gè)睡午覺(jué)的習(xí)慣。
2. He reasoned that if we started at dawn, we would be there by noon.
   他推斷，我們要是黎明出發(fā)，中午就能到。
3. We reckon to arrive in Delhi at noon.
   我們估計(jì)正午抵達(dá)德里。
4. The visitor left a little before noon.
   來(lái)訪者在中午前一會(huì)兒離開(kāi)了。

noon

n.Abbr. n.,N.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) n.,N.

Twelve o`clock in the daytime; midday.
中午：中午十二點(diǎn)；正午
The time or point in the sun`s path at which the sun is on the local meridian.Also called noontide ,noontime
太陽(yáng)在子午線上方之時(shí)或之點(diǎn)也作 noontide,noontime
The highest point; the zenith.
最高點(diǎn)：頂點(diǎn)
Archaic Midnight.
【古語(yǔ)】 午夜
n.attributive.（定語(yǔ)名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
中午：通常用來(lái)修飾另一個(gè)名詞：
例句：
noon meals; noon meetings.
午飯；午間會(huì)議

來(lái)源：
Middle English non
中古英語(yǔ) non
from Old English nôn [canonical hour of nones (3] p.m. in early Middle Ages)
源自 古英語(yǔ) nôn [規(guī)定的祈禱時(shí)間（中世紀(jì)早期的] 下午 3點(diǎn)）
from Late Latin nôna (hôra) [ninth (hour after sunrise), nones]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) nôna (hôra) [九點(diǎn)（日出后的小時(shí)），古羅馬歷]
feminine sing. of Latin nônus [ninth] * see newô
拉丁語(yǔ) nônus的陰性單數(shù) [第九] *參見(jiàn) newô