详细解释
午
1、(象形。本义:御马索)。
2、同本义。
[甲骨文“午”字]疑当是索形,殆驭马之辔也。---郭沫若《甲骨文字研究》
3、地支的第七位。
4、与天干相配,用以纪年。
太岁在午曰敦羊。---《尔雅》
5、用以纪月。即农历五月。
午,五月阴气午逆阳,冒地而出。---《说文》
6、用以纪日。
庚午之日,日始有谪。---《左传》
7、用以纪时,即十一时至十三时;正午,白天十二时。
午战于彼。---《左传·僖公三十二年》
时已过午。---《徐霞客游记·游黄山记》
过午已昏。---明·归有光《项脊轩志》
午枕：午睡
午牌：午时
午晌：晌午
午炮：正午的号炮
午火：正午烈日
午天：中午
午斋：中午的斋食
午暑：中午的暑气
午漏：午时滴漏
午际：午初
午上：中午前
午潮：正午的潮水
午茶：午饭后的茶水。
8、纵横相交。
度尺而午。---《仪礼》。郑玄注:“一纵一横曰午。”
午午：交错杂沓的样子
午道：纵横交贯的要道
午贯：十字形交叉贯穿
午割：交叉切割。
9、违反。
午其众以伐有道,求得当欲,不以其所。---《礼记·哀公问》
朝臣舛午。---《汉书·刘向传》
10、抵触,相遇。
视可午其军、取其将…若是则为利者不攻也。---《荀子·富国》
例句
我睡了一下午，又暖和又舒服。
I spent the afternoon snug and warm in bed.
这场雨整整一下午都下个不停。
The rain continued to fall all afternoon.
周六下午是娱乐和外出的时间。
Saturday afternoon is for recreation and outings.
这场雨整整一下午都下个不停。
The rain continued falling all afternoon.
我一下午就那样懒洋洋地打发了。
I've spent the afternoon just lazing around.
该面谈是在一个星期五下午进行的。
The interview took place on a Friday afternoon.
这次会议在星期六中午12点开幕。
The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday.
他花了那整个一下午擦银器。
He spent all of that afternoon polishing the silver.
营救行动星期五下午展开。
The rescue operation began on Friday afternoon.
我们暂定星期二下午开会。
We've pencilled in a meeting for Tuesday afternoon.
她安排了一个星期五下午四点一刻的约会。
She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon at four-fifteen.
它将差不多于当地时间星期六中午抵达东京。
It will arrive in Tokyo around noon Saturday local time.
登记参加的截止日期为1月11日星期五中午。
The closing date for entries is noon, Friday, January 11.
银行星期五下午关门，直到星期一早上才会再开门营业。
Banks closed on Friday afternoon and did not open again until Monday morning.
我周四下午晚些时候给你打电话。
I'll call you later in the afternoon on Thursday.
周六下午通常是职业体育比赛的时间。
Saturday afternoon is normally the time for professional sports matches.
星期六下午他通常干什么？
What does he usually do on Saturday afternoon?
每周星期五下午来这里。
Come here on Friday afternoon every week.
会议安排在星期五下午。
The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
星期六中午刚过，孩子们又来到那棵枯树旁。
On Saturday, shortly after noon, the boys were at the dead tree again.
相比周六下午，商店在周三晚上不那么拥挤。
The stores are less crowded on Wednesday evening than Saturday afternoon.
星期三下午怎么样？
How about Wednesday afternoon?
做了一下午的梦。
I dreamed all the afternoon.
“汤姆，”他说，“波莉姨妈一下午都在等你。”
"Tom," said he, "auntie has been waiting for you all the afternoon."
星期三下午，安妮乘公共汽车进城去市场买东西。
On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market.
本周六下午，两部欧洲电影将在博物馆剧院上映。
Films at the Museum Two European films will be on this Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre.
周一下午，穆雷将在与费雷尔的比赛中取得四连胜。
On Monday afternoon, Murray will take a four-match winning streak into his match with Ferrer.
那是星期一下午，在星期三的考试前我们有两个晚上学习。
It was Monday afternoon and we had two nights to study before the test on Wednesday.
在老师的鼓励和资助下，他们每周三下午都要上一节折纸课。
With the encouragement and the money provided by the teachers, they had a paper folding class every Wednesday afternoon.
我花了一下午的时间试图把这个书架组装起来，但没有成功。
I spent all afternoon trying in vain to put this bookcase together.