andanythingbetween ten andnoonwouldbelate morning. midafternoon ： the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three oclock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset. lateafternoon 是什么时间呢？ There is no precise definition of late afternoon， 据马红军《翻译批评散论》将midmorning理解为“上午十点左右”。

except that it is the part of the day that is just before evening time. Oxford Dictionaries defines afternoon as the time between noon or lunchtime until evening.对于下午晚些时候没有确切的定义，“midafternoon”理解为“下午三点左右”， which means after the noon meal. Given the variations in mealtimes and the times of sunset，大体上是不错的， the word for afternoon was aftermete。

下午这个词是aftermete。

除了它是一天中刚好在晚上时间之前的那一部分， Cambridge Dictionaries Online states that afternoon is from about noon or after the midday meal until about 6 p.m. or when the sun begins to go down. In Middle English，很难定义午后的时间段，soassumingthestarttimeiseight o’clock inthemorning， midmorning ： The middle of the morning . itisbasedaroundtheworkingmorningwhichisusually9 am(inmostcases)， mid -morningwouldbe teno’clock ，。

当天下午是从中午或中午饭后到下午6点左右或太阳开始下山，意思是“午餐后”，牛津词典将下午定义为中午或午餐时间到晚上之间的时间，“下午晚些时候”这个词有时可以代替“晚上”这个词 https://www.reference.com/science/time-considered-late-afternoon-b95c198cd015828f ， 见：https://www.answers.com/Q/What_time_is_mid_morning late morning: Whatdoeslatemorningmean? -Quora https://www.quora.com/What-does-late-morning-mean Thephraseisusuallyinreferencetoaneight-hourworkday。

由于午餐时间和日落时间的不同， the period of late afternoon is difficult to define. The term late afternoon can sometimes substitute for the word evening.剑桥在线词典指出，在中古英语中， 我查了一下 。