Midweekとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -iːk
• ハイフネーション: mid‧week

名詞

midweek (plural midweeks)

1. The middle of the week.
   • 1987, Graham Marsden, Advanced coarse fishing:

     In midweek, however, the stretch is reasonably quiet and I can conceal myself behind a clump of rushes and cast a big piece of luncheon meat on a link-leger rig right in the deep hole and let the current roll it under the roof.

   • 2024 September 4, David Clough, “All aboard the 'Night Riviera' to Penzance”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 62:

     Carol, who is responsible for two coaches, says the sleeping accommodation is virtually full - surprising for midweek in mid-April. The Train Manager confirms that the train is well-loaded overall, noting that people view the train as a tourist attraction in its own right.

2. (Christianity, Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, informal) Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.

   This Wednesday is churchwide midweek; men's is the next one.

形容詞

midweek (not comparable)

1. That happens in the middle of the week.
   • 1957 June, “Notes and News: Cheap Mid-Week Tickets Reintroduced”, in Railway Magazine, page 433:

     Cheap mid-week return tickets were reintroduced by British Railways on May 7, to encourage holiday travel during the week rather than at weekends.

   • 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140:

     I did not really wonder, after sampling the "Settebello's" standards of comfort and service, that even on a midweek day in autumn there was not a seat to spare, despite the cost.

   • 1991, Rugby World and Post:

     Peter Dods was captain in the midweek games but, like Sole, the Gala fullback has also hung up his boots.

副詞

midweek (not comparable)

1. In the middle of the week.
   • 1989, The Independent:

     Leicester could only manage a goalless draw midweek with Sutton Coldfield and will be keen to return to winning form.

派生語