The ninth day before the ides of a month; in the ancient Roman calendar, the seventh day of March, May, July, or October and the fifth day of the other months. 古罗马历中自三、五、七、十各月的十五日起算的前第九日即三、五、七、十各月的第七日;其它各月的第五日
Beware the Ides of March. 注意三月十五日。
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[ noun ] in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month <noun.time>
Ides \Ides\ ([imac]dz), n. pl. [L. idus: cf. F. ides.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
The ides of March remember. --Shak.
Note: Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from the ides.
Moscow proposes an almost-Shakespearean timetable based on the Ides of March and May.
"Right now, it's St. Ides." In recent months, malt liquor marketing has come under fire from government regulators.