English Dictionary

afternoon

/ˌɑːf.tə.ˈnuːn/

noun

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. / (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.

I like to take a walk in the afternoon.

意味（1）

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;

意味（2）

(figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.

Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner

A care-crazd mother of a many children,

A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow,

Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies

Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye,

Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts,

To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie,

Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner A care-crazd mother of a many children, A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow, Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye, Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts, To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie, By her in his vnlawfull bed he got.

意味（3）

(informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.