month
month — noun
1. each of the twelve segments that a calendar year is split into, lasting roughly
each of the twelve segments that a calendar year is split into, lasting roughly 28 to 31 days — for example, the stretch that runs from the start of March to the end of March.
The Watanabe family usually visits their relatives in Taiwan once a month.
collocation: once a month
Rent is due at the beginning of each month.
collocation: each month
Ezra has been saving part of his salary every month since January.
The training programme runs for six months and includes a practical exam.
Xiu's baby was born in the sixth month of the year, at the start of summer.
- calendar month
more formal; emphasises the fixed dates of a calendar
- four-week period
approximate duration; less precise than 'month'
文法句型
(last/next/this) + month
each/every/per + month
number + month(s)
用法筆記
When used with 'every', 'each', 'last', 'next' or 'this', month usually appears without an article: 'every month', 'last month', not 'the every month'. With ordinal numbers 'first month', 'second month' an article is required: 'the first month of the year'.
常見錯誤
2. a very long stretch of time that feels as if it lasts for many months — used esp
a very long stretch of time that feels as if it lasts for many months — used especially to say that something hasn't happened for a long period or that something continued without stopping.
Nkechi said she hasn't been to the cinema in months.
negative + in months
It took months for the visa application to be approved.
took + months + for-clause
Aarav waited months for the repair team to show up at his apartment.
The two neighbours argued for months on end about the fence between their houses.
Mark hadn't touched his guitar in months, so the strings were rusty.
- ages
more informal and emphatic: 'I haven't seen you in ages'
- a long time
neutral; does not carry the vivid sense of 'many months' but is safer in formal contexts
- years
stronger exaggeration; 'I haven't done this in years' implies an even longer gap
- a short while
direct opposite in terms of duration
文法句型
for months
in months
months + on end
for months at a time
用法筆記
This sense is most natural in the negative pattern 'not … in months' or with 'for months' in affirmative sentences. It is less common in formal writing where precise time expressions such as 'for several months' are preferred.