November: [13] The ancient Romans calculated the beginning of their year from March. Hence they named their ninth month novembris or november mēnsis. November and novembris were derivatives of Latin novem ‘nine’.
November
c. 1200, from Old French novembre and directly from Latin November (also Novembris (mensis)), from novem "nine" (see nine). The ninth month of the Roman calendar, which began in March. For -ber see December. In Old English, it was Blotmonað "month of sacrifice," literally "blood-month," the time when the early Saxons prepared for winter by sacrificing animals, which they then butchered and stored for food.
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1. Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November.
去年11月，军队被派往这些岛屿以恢复秩序。
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2. He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
他获得保释，将于11月5日在地方法庭出庭受审。
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3. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。
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4. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.
这发生在11月一个阴沉的下午，斯坦福德桥上。
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5. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.
