night

night
noun
  1. the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise
    夜,夜晚
    a moonless night.
    一个没有月亮的夜晚。
    the office door is always locked at night.
    夜里办公室的门总是锁着的。
    ■this as the interval between two days
    一夜
    supplements per person per night.
    每人一夜的补给品。
    somebody put him up for the night.
    有人安排他过夜。
    ■the darkness of night
    黑夜,夜色
    a line of watchfires stretched away into the night.
    一排营火延伸到夜色中。
    ■(poetic/literary)nightfall
    (诗/文)黄昏
  2. the period of time between afternoon and bedtime; an evening
    晚上
    he was not allowed to go out on weekday nights.
    周一至周五晚上他都不许外出。
    ■[with modifier]an evening appointed for some activity, or spent or regarded in a certain way
    (安排特定活动的)夜晚;晚间活动;晚场;晚会
    a Quiz Night has been organized for July 19th.
    7月19日已安排了一个智力竞赛晚会。
    wasn't it a great night out?.
    那(今)晚活动不是很有意思吗?。
exclamation
  1. (informal). short for goodnight
    (非正式)。 goodnight的简称
常用词组
night and day
  1. all the time; constantly
    整日整夜,夜以继日
    she studied night and day.
    她夜以继日地学习。
派生
nightless
adjective
语源
  1. Old English neaht, niht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nacht and German Nacht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nox and Greek nux
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