nightfall, day, Mother's Day, circadian, circa, gloaming,

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Mother's Day 2009 is Sunday, May 10.

The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones. — Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

If you think Mother's Day is too commercialized, you're not alone. The woman called "the mother of Mother's Day," Anna Jarvis — the person who did the most to make Mother's Day a national holiday — thought so, too. She considered the printed greeting card "a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write" and in fact ended up spending her inheritance campaigning against the holiday she had helped to popularize.

詹宏志先生在人生一瞬 中 認為Asimov 的 小說Nightfall 譯成夜幕低垂等,都不恰當 因為 nightfall可兼作動詞, 所以譯 夜降等較好
NIGHTFALL 當動詞使用還沒見過 希望讀者賜知

nightfall

(nīt'fôl')
n.
The approach of darkness; dusk.

[名][U]日暮れ, 夕暮れ, 夕方(dusk)

at nightfall
日暮れに

before nightfall
日の暮れないうちに.

gloaming[gloam・ing]

• 発音記号[glóumiŋ]

[名]((the 〜))((詩))薄暮, たそがれ(dusk).

(noun) The time of day immediately following sunset.
Synonyms:	crepuscule, dusk, nightfall, twilight
Usage:	When the sun was fairly down, we slipped back to the hotel in the charitable gloaming, and went to bed again.

day

n.

1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
2. 1. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis.
   2. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
3. (Abbr. D) One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.
4. The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business: an eight-hour day; a sale that lasted for three days.
5. A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity: a day of rest.
6. 1. A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime: In Grandmother's day, skirts were long.
   2. A period of opportunity or prominence: Every defendant is entitled to a day in court. That child will have her day.
7. A period of time in history; an era: We studied the tactics used in Napoleon's day. The day of computer science is well upon us.
8. days Period of life or activity: The sick cat's days will soon be over.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the day.
2. Working during the day: the day nurse.
3. Occurring before nightfall: a day hike.

idioms:
day after day

1. For many days; continuously.

day in, day out

1. Every day without fail; continuously.

[Middle English dai, day, from Old English dæg.]

cir·ca·di·an (sər-kā'dē-ən, -kăd'ē-, sûr'kə-dī'ən, -dē'-)

adj. Biology
Relating to or exhibiting approximately 24-hour periodicity.

[Latin circā, around; see circa + Latin diēs, day.]

circadianly cir·ca'di·an·ly adv.


cir·ca (sûr'kə)
prep. (Abbr. c. or ca)
In approximately; about: born circa 1900.

[Latin circā, from circum, around (probably on the model of adverbs like intrā, within), from circus, circle. See circle.]

Spotlight:

Why do some of us have a harder time adjusting to jet lag or daylight savings time than others? What about disruptions in sleep schedules? Our circadian (or biological) clock controls our bodies' sleep and wakefulness pattern, and that clock is regulated by DNA. On this date in 1994, an article was published in Science magazine announcing the discovery of a gene in mice which controls circadian rhythm; this was the first discovery of such a gene in mammals. Researchers continue to seek treatments for people who have trouble adjusting their biological clock.

Quote:

"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours." — Arthur Baer