【today音标】 英[təˈdeɪ] 美[təˈdeɪ]
【单词释义】 today是什么意思：
adv.（在）今天；现在；现今；现代，当代
n.[U]今天，今日；现在；现代，当代；现今
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【today形近词/近似词】
midday n.[U]中午；正午
weekday n.工作日
yesterday n.[U]昨天；[C]往昔；过去 adv.在昨天，在昨日
everyday adj.每天的；日常的
holiday n.假日，假期 vi.度假，休假
birthday n.生日
【单词例句】
◇ But a lot of strange things were happening to Alice today.'It will be very boring,'she said,'if nothing happens.'
但今天，爱丽丝身上发生了许多奇怪的事。“如果什么都没发生，”她说，“那太没意思了。”
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ The apple-blossoms, though they looked like roses, bloomed today, but might fall off tomorrow, with the first wind that blew; and he thought that a marriage with one of them might last too short a time.
苹果树花看起来倒很像玫瑰，但是她们今天开了，明天就谢了——只要风一吹就落下来了。他觉得跟她们结婚是不会长久的。
---- The Butterfly
◇ Since then, people have learned to make the food which became known as "dumpling". Today there is still a saying that goes "Eat dumplings on Start of Winter Day, or your ears will be frostbitten".
从那以后，人们学会了制作这种食物，也就是后来俗称的“饺子”。时至今日仍然有“立冬不端饺子碗，冻掉耳朵没人管”的说法。
---- Start of Winter
◇ But what those gestures really mean is subjective in different cultures. Thus, misunderstandings happen now and then in today’s world of cultural crossroads.
但是在不同的文化中那些手势表达的真正意思是很主观的。由此，误会就时不时地发生在今天这个文化交叉碰撞的世界里。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ Dinosaurs died out because of an unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just because humans do harm to it.
恐龙因一次意外事件而灭绝，但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ Today, using both words to describe the season before winter is still a uniquely American behavior.
如今，用两个词来指代冬天之前的这个季节仍然是美国独有的做法。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ But red's bloody beginning has transformed over millennia. During medieval times, for example, red was worn by royals as a status symbol. And today, brides in many parts of India are married in red dress.
几千年来，红色的含义发生了变化。举例而言：在中世纪时期，贵族穿戴红色，以象征自己的地位；如今，在印度的许多地区，新娘结婚时都身穿红裙。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ They estimate that by 2050, the amount of plastics produced globally will increase three times to 1,124 million tons. By then, the "plastic economy" will take up 15% of the world's global carbon budget, compared to just 1% today.
据预计，2050年全球塑料产量将增加三倍，高达11.24亿吨。届时，“塑料经济”将占有全球碳预算15%的份额，而目前其份额仅为1%。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ After more than 100 years of studies, many things are still obscure. Today visitors come by the thousands - the great and simple of the earth - all in a spirit of marvel. Travelers come from every state of the Union, from every country in Europe and Asia, pilgrims to a shrine that is the same as the creed.
经过了100多年的研究，有许多事情仍是个谜。今天，数以千计的游客 —— 不管是普通人还是大人物 —— 都怀着一种好奇的心情来到这里。他们来自于美国的第一洲，来自于欧洲和亚洲的每一个国家，就像朝圣者一样虔诚地来到这座神殿。
---- The Grand Canyon