yes·ter·day /ˈjɛstɚ/
昨天,昨日(ad.)昨天,昨日
Yes·ter·day, adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
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Yes·ter·day n.
1. The day last past; the day next before the present.
All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. --Shak.
We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. --Job viii. 9.
2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. --Macaulay.
yesterday
n 1: the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's
newspapers"
2: the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good
enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
adv 1: on the day preceding today; "yesterday the weather was
beautiful"
2: in the recent past; only a short time ago; "I was not born
yesterday!"