p.m. abbreviation
or PM or British pm
or PM or British pm
Learner's definition of P.M.
in the afternoon or evening —
used with numbers to show the time of day(与数字连用)下午,晚间 -
She went to bed at 10 p.m.她晚上10点上床睡觉。
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He works every day from 8:00 a.m. to/until 4:30 p.m.他每天从早上8:00工作到下午4:30。
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Lunch will be served at 12 p.m. [=noon; one hour after 11 a.m.]午餐会在中午12点供应。
◊ The abbreviation p.m. stands for the Latin phrase post meridiem, which means “after noon.”*p.m.是拉丁语post meridiem的缩略词,意为after noon。
— compare a.m.