may英文读音：[meɪ]。
词义：
modal v.可能；也许；会；可以；祝；愿。
n.（May）五月；（may）山楂；山楂花。
用法讲解：
may是情态动词，无人称变化，后接动词原形。表示许可（常和can换用）： —May I use your computer?（请求许可） —我可以用你的电脑吗？ —Yes, of course, you may.（给予许可）—是的，当然可以。 （注意：否定回答多用No, you mustn't.或No, you can't）
短语搭配：
五月结婚：get married in May。
五月端午节：Dragon Boat Festival （5th day of the 5th lunar month）。
一月到五月：from January to May。
五月一号：on 1st May; on May 1st。
双语例句：
1、五月是西历一年中的第五个月。
May is the fifth month of the year in the Western calendar.
2、在美国，五月和六月是传统的毕业月份。
In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations.
3、五月初，伦敦无聊会议庆祝了七年的无聊之乐。
In early May, London's Boring Conference celebrated seven years of delighting in dullness.
4、“可塑性已经成为一个独立的产业，”他在五月的论文中写道。
"Plasticity has become an industry of its own," he wrote in his May paper.