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
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
(informal). short for goodnight (非正式)。 goodnight的简称
常用词组 night and day
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
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