一道简单英语问题

late: [ leit ]

a. 迟的,晚的,已故的
ad. 很晚,很迟,晚

词形变化:
形容词比较级:later 最高级:latest 副词比较级:later 最高级:latest 名词:lateness

例句与用法:
1. We went to bed late.
我们很晚才上床。

2. The train was 10 minutes late.
火车晚点了10 分钟。

3. Passengers should check in one hour before their flight time at the latest.
乘客至迟应在班机起飞前一小时办理登机手续。

4. Because of the cold weather the crops are late this year.
因天气寒冷，今年的作物成熟得晚。

英英解释:
形容词late:

1. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

2. after the expected or usual time; delayed
同义词：belated, tardy

3. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
同义词：recent

4. having died recently

5. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

6. at or toward an end or late period or st