/'mɔ:nɪŋ; `mɔrnɪŋ/
n [C, U]
1 (a) early part of the day between dawn and noon or before the midday meal 上午; 早晨; 早上
*They left for Spain early this morning. 他们今天早晨去西班牙了.
* The taxi came at
8 o'clock the next morning. 计程车第二天早上8点钟来到.
* The discussion group meets in the mornings. 参加讨论的人都在上午开会.
* (on) one fine summer morning （在）夏天的一个早晨
* They stayed till Monday morning. 他们住到星期一上午.
* I'll see him tomorrow morning. 我明天上午见他.
* He swims every morning. 他每天早晨游泳.
* on the morning of the wedding 在举行婚礼的那天早晨
* I've been painting the room all morning. 我一上午都在粉刷房间.
* She works hard from morning to night. 她从早到晚辛勤工作.
* [attrib 作定语] an early morning run 清晨的跑步
* the fresh morning air 早晨清新的空气
* read the morning papers 读晨报
* Morning coffee is now being served. 现在供应早晨的咖啡.
(b) period from midnight to noon 半夜至正午的时间
*He died in the early hours of Sunday morning. 他于星期日凌晨逝世.
2 (idm 习语) good `morning (used as a polite greeting or reply to a greeting when people first see each other in the morning and sometimes also when people leave in the morning 用作上午初次见面时的相互问候语, 有时亦用作上午分别时的告别语)
*Good morning, Rosalind/Miss Dixon. 罗莎琳德[狄克逊小姐]你好. (In informal use the greeting Good morning is often shortened to just Morning 口语中Good morning常略作Morning). in the `morning
(a) during the morning of the next day 第二天上午
*I'll ring her up in the morning. 我明天上午给她打电话.
(b) between midnight and noon, not in the afternoon or evening 半夜至中午前的时间
*The accident must have happened at about
11 o'clock in the morning. 事故必是发生在上午11时左右. the morning `after (the night be`fore) (infml 口) the effects of drinking too much alcohol the previous evening; hangover 宿醉.

NOTE ON USAGE 用法
*Usually the preposition in is used with morning/afternoon/evening, on their own and in combination with other time expressions 介词in通常与morning/afternoon/evening等词连用, 也与含这些词的时间词组连用
*in the morning/afternoon/evening 在上午[下午/晚上]
* at
3 o'clock in the afternoon 下午三点
* on the 4th of September in the morning 在9月4日上午. In is also used with the adjectives early and late *in也与形容词early和late连用
*in the early/late morning 清晨[近午时分]. With other adjectives and in certain other expressions on is used 与其他形容词及某些词组连用时需用on
*on a cool morning in spring 春天的一个凉爽的早晨
* on Monday afternoon 在星期一下午
* on the previous/following evening 在头天[第二天]晚上
* on the morning of the 4th of September 在9月4日的上午. Nopreposition is used in combination with tomorrow/this/yesterday afternoon 在tomorrow/this/yesterday afternoon这种形式的词组之前不用任何介词
*We arrived yesterday afternoon. 我们昨天下午到的.
* They'll leave this evening. 他们今天晚上离开.
* I'll start work again tomorrow morning. 我明天早晨重新开始工作. See also usage note at time1. 另见time1用法说明.