November: [13] The ancient Romans calculated the beginning of their year from March. Hence they named their ninth month novembris or november mēnsis. November and novembris were derivatives of Latin novem ‘nine’.
November
c. 1200, from Old French novembre and directly from Latin November (also Novembris (mensis)), from novem "nine" (see nine). The ninth month of the Roman calendar, which began in March. For -ber see December. In Old English, it was Blotmonað "month of sacrifice," literally "blood-month," the time when the early Saxons prepared for winter by sacrificing animals, which they then butchered and stored for food.
雙語例句
1. Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November.
去年11月,軍隊被派往這些島嶼以恢複秩序。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
他獲得保釋,將於11月5日在地方法庭出庭受審。
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3. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
他在11月3號的選舉中僅獲得了49%的相對多數票。
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4. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.
這發生在11月一個陰沉的下午,斯坦福德橋上。
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5. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.