Shortly after noon
中午后不久
🧩 词语组成解析
after
['æftɚ]
prep. …后的;（表示时间）在…以后;（表示位置、顺序）在…后面;
conj. 在…以后;
adv. 以后，继后;
adj. 后来的，以后的;
noon
[nu:n]
n. 正午，中午;全盛期，顶点;〈古〉午夜;晌午;
🗣️ 情景例句
Mike and I had a hamburger this afternoon, and we talked.
今天下午 Mike和我一起吃汉堡， 一起讨论。
A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling.
心急水不沸；盼得越切，来得越迟。
The settlers built railways across the plains and began to hunt even more bison.
殖民者在平原上修起了铁路，于是开始猎取更多的野牛。